Journal article
Food sovereignty: an alternative paradigm for poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Latin America [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
F1000 research, Vol.2, pp.235-235
2013
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116364
PMCID: PMC3869480
PMID: 24555109
Abstract
Strong feedback between global biodiversity loss and persistent, extreme rural poverty are major challenges in the face of concurrent food, energy, and environmental crises. This paper examines the role of industrial agricultural intensification and market integration as exogenous socio-ecological drivers of biodiversity loss and poverty traps in Latin America. We then analyze the potential of a food sovereignty framework, based on protecting the viability of a diverse agroecological matrix while supporting rural livelihoods and global food production. We review several successful examples of this approach, including ecological land reform in Brazil, agroforestry,
milpa, and the uses of wild varieties in smallholder systems in Mexico and Central America. We highlight emergent research directions that will be necessary to assess the potential of the food sovereignty model to promote both biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction.
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- Title
- Food sovereignty: an alternative paradigm for poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Latin America [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
- Creators
- M Jahi Chappell - School of the Environment and The Center for Social and Environmental Justice, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 14204, USAHannah Wittman - Faculty of Land and Food Systems and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, CanadaChristopher M Bacon - Environmental Studies Institute, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, 95050-4901, USABruce G Ferguson - Departmento de Agroecología, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, Chiapas, CP 29290, MexicoLuis García Barrios - Departmento de Agroecología, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, Chiapas, CP 29290, MexicoRaúl García Barrios - Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, CP 62210, MexicoDaniel Jaffee - Department of Sociology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, USAJefferson Lima - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, BrazilV Ernesto Méndez - Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USAHelda Morales - Departmento de Agroecología, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, Chiapas, CP 29290, MexicoLorena Soto-Pinto - Departmento de Agroecología, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, Chiapas, CP 29290, MexicoJohn Vandermeer - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USAIvette Perfecto - School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
- Publication Details
- F1000 research, Vol.2, pp.235-235
- Academic Unit
- Environment, School of the (CAHNRS)
- Identifiers
- 99900548338801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article