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In 2007 a group of 500 peasants, family farmers, artisinal fisher-folk, indigenous peoples , landless peoples, rural workers, migrants, pastoralists, forest communities, women, youth, consumers, environmental and urban movements came together in Nyéléni, Mali to hold the world forum for Food Sovereignty. | In 2007 a group of 500 peasants, family farmers, artisinal fisher-folk, indigenous peoples , landless peoples, rural workers, migrants, pastoralists, forest communities, women, youth, consumers, environmental and urban movements came together in Nyéléni, Mali to hold the world forum for Food Sovereignty. | ||
They consulted together | They consulted together two key questions: What, exactly, is Food Sovereignty? And how can a process be put into action at the international level to recognise food sovereignty as a protected right. What emerged was the most detailed and cohesive picture of food sovereignty to date. | ||
Food sovereignty includes the right to food – the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through socially just and ecologically sensitive methods. It entails peoples’ right to participate in decision making and define their own food, agriculture, livestock and fisheries systems. It defends the interests and inclusion of the next generation and supports new social relations free from oppression and inequality between men and women, peoples, racial groups and social classes. It promotes a genuine agrarian reform and defends access to, and the sharing of, productive territories free from the threat of privatisation and expulsion. | Food sovereignty includes the right to food – the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through socially just and ecologically sensitive methods. It entails peoples’ right to participate in decision making and define their own food, agriculture, livestock and fisheries systems. It defends the interests and inclusion of the next generation and supports new social relations free from oppression and inequality between men and women, peoples, racial groups and social classes. It promotes a genuine agrarian reform and defends access to, and the sharing of, productive territories free from the threat of privatisation and expulsion. | ||