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Laroche Dupraz, Catherine; Postolle, Angele. |
The 2008 food crisis has challenged the political legitimacy and economic efficiency of the liberalization of international agricultural trade. An alternative vision defended by the food sovereignty movement is that longterm food security cannot rely on dependency on food imports, but must be built on the development of domestic production with enough barrier protection to shelter it from world price fluctuations and unfair trading. The purpose of this paper is to look into whether the West African nations can achieve food sovereignty given their various trade commitments and other external constraints. The particularity of our approach is to combine a historical economic analysis with a political approach to food sovereignty and trade commitments. Our... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food sovereignty; West Africa; Protection; Agricultural policy; WTO negotiations; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115439 |
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