Rising Food Prices: an opportunity for change?

Rising Food Prices: an opportunity for change? Opportunities and Challenges European food security group

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Food prices crisis
EFSG statement
Challenges: trade and agriculture
Opportunities: Right to Food

EFSG Statement
Review of other papers
Analysis of proposed actions
Challenges
Governance of aid
Trade policies
Agricultural policies

CHALLENGES
Boost to smallholders agriculture
new green revolution ?
biologically agro-ecological agriculture?
Programmes designed in collaboration with farmers’ organisations

CHALLENGES
Trade policies
Liberalisation?
Protection of own (agricultural) sector
Is quick liberalisation compatible with increased agricultural production by small farmers??

CHALLENGES
Trade policies
Bolivia example
Cameroon, chicken case
Countries need protection in order to strengthen their own production sectors

CHALLENGES
Yes, there is protection, is this enough?

CHALLENGES
We need to ensure sufficient policy space in countries to decided on their own food security strategies
Both intensification of small holders agriculture and sufficient border protection are needed

OPPORTUNITIES
Food prices crisis:
Brings people together to tackle the crisis and protect the vulnerables
Start of a new food system?
Right to food should be central

OPPORTUNITIES
Every man, woman, child has the right to adequate food
World Food Day 2008
Launch of Richt to Food Watch

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Rising Food Prices: an opportunity for change?

by Euforic Services on Oct 16, 2008

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