FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: A NEW SOCIETAL PARADIGM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?

Abstract

“If we want to overturn the bleak situation of our current food system, we need to attack the
roots of the problems. Injustice in land, water and seeds must be addressed. Stop land and
water grabbing and also patents of seeds. Genuine agrarian reform must be implemented. We
need to focus to rural areas to address our hunger problem by restructuring our mode of
production to a more sustainable-agroecology farming. This is also to protect and restore our
Mother Earth.”
(Henry Saragih, former Global Coordinator of La Via Campesina, from his address delivered to
the 9th Asia-Europe People’s Forum held in October 2012).
Our Time Has Come: Food Sovereignty Now!’, available at:
http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/main-issues-
mainmenu-27/food-
sovereignty-and-trade-mainmenu-38/1320-our-time-has-come-food-sovereigntynow