Food sovereignty: from the global to the local level there and back

This research analyses the impact of global food politics on a local level, in particular, the discourse based on the right to adequate food as it directly relates to food security. The policies relating to these concepts facilitate the mass production of agricultural products, which often fails to respect nature’s cycle thereby creating unsustainability. The current model of food production is questioned and a more sustainable alternative is possible by the recognition of the right to food sovereignty as a human right. To include food sovereignty in the international human rights law, would change the approach adopted in food production, and would democratize the system. The impact of global food politics is addressed at the local level, and this investigation presents a case study based in Santa Fe (Argentina). The local civil society movements have endorsed modest, but concrete attempts to face the externalities caused by the extensive soybean monocultures.