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Can the State Foster Food Sovereignty? Insights from the Case of E cuador
Author(s) -
Clark Patrick
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of agrarian change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1471-0366
pISSN - 1471-0358
DOI - 10.1111/joac.12094
Subject(s) - food sovereignty , sovereignty , state (computer science) , agrarian society , institutionalisation , politics , political science , food policy , agriculture , food security , political economy , economic system , economics , economic growth , law , geography , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
This paper contributes to the discussion on food sovereignty and the state by analysing the case of E cuador. It presents a theoretical framework and literature review focused on the question of food sovereignty, the state and agrarian political economy. The case study of E cuador, one of a handful of countries that has attempted to institutionalize food sovereignty in state policy, examines the political processes that led to the institutionalization of food sovereignty and the rural development and agricultural policies of the ‘post‐neoliberal’ government of R afael C orrea. The analysis of the E cuadorian case concludes that the implementation of public policies reflecting food sovereignty principles has largely proven elusive, with the exception of some institutional changes and developments at the local levels of the state.