Seminar on globalisation and food sovereignty
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South Asian Seminar on Globalisation and Food Sovereignty April 26, 2006 India International Centre (Annexe), New Delhi
Food and agriculture are fundamental to all peoples, in terms of both production and availability of sufficient quantities of safe and healthy food, and as foundations of healthy communities, cultures and environments. All of these are being undermined by the increasing emphasis on neo-liberal economic policies promoted by leading political and economic powers. Instead of securing food for the peoples of the world, these institutions have presided over a system that has prioritised export-oriented production, increased global hunger and malnutrition, and alienated millions from productive assets and resources such as land, water, fish, seeds, technology and know-how. Fundamental change to this global regime is urgently required. In order to guarantee the independence and food sovereignty of all of the world's peoples, it is essential that food is produced though diversified, community based production systems. Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to define their own food and agriculture; to protect and regulate domestic agricultural production and trade in order to achieve sustainable development objectives; to determine the extent to which they want to be self reliant; to restrict the dumping of products in their markets, and; to provide local fisheries-based communities the priority in managing the use of and the rights to aquatic resources. Food sovereignty does not negate trade, but rather, it promotes the formulation of trade policies and practices that serve the rights of peoples to safe, healthy and ecologically sustainable production. It is with this backdrop that South Asian Network for Social and Agricultural Development (SANSAD) is organising a South Asian Seminar on Globalisation and Food Sovereignty on Wednesday, the 26th of April 2006 from 09:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Lecture Hall, India International Centre Annexe, 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi – 110 003. We plan to bring together representatives of civil society, consumer organizations, industry representatives, experts and policy makers involved in the field during this event. In view of your deep commitment and interest in the issues concerning the South Asian region especially on the issue of Food Sovereignty for the teeming millions, it is my privilege to invite you to participate in the event and grace us with your presence. Please confirm participation in the workshop (giving all particulars such as Name, Designation, Organization, Email Address, Postal Address, Fax Number, Phone Number) to the undersigned at 41644845 or fax to 011-41644576 or email to sansad@sansad.org.in.Thiswould help us in organizing the logistics better. |
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