Food Sovereignty - Towards Democracy in Localized Food Systems

In this Practical Action Working Paper, Michael Windfuhr shows how the Food Sovereignty policy framework has developed to address this dilemma, what the basic assumptions are, analyses how Food Sovereignty relates to the current problems in rural and agricultural policies and discusses possible policy constraints to its adoption.

About the author

Michael Windfuhr is Secretary General of FIAN-International. He began working for FIAN in 1988, and during the 1990s worked at FIAN part-time while co-ordinating a research project at IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), teaching at the University of Heidelberg (1993-95), and lecturing at Heidelberg's Institute for Political Science (1995-2000). Michael has published articles in scientific journals and newspapers, and several books on international economics.

Product details

• Authors: Jennie Jonsen, Jennie Jonsén, Michael Windfuhr
• Publisher: ITDG Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781853396106
• ISBN: 978-1-85339-610-6
• No. of pages: 70
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 297 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 209 g
• Series: ITDG Working Papers; Itdg Working Papers
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education