The troubled path to food sovereignty in Nepal: ambiguities in agricultural policy reform
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The troubled path to food sovereignty in Nepal : ambiguities in agricultural policy reform. / Sharma, Puspa; Daugbjerg, Carsten.
I: Agriculture and Human Values, Bind 37, 2020, s. 311–323.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The troubled path to food sovereignty in Nepal
T2 - ambiguities in agricultural policy reform
AU - Sharma, Puspa
AU - Daugbjerg, Carsten
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The food sovereignty movement arose as a challenge to neoliberal models of agriculture and food and the corporatization of agriculture, which is claimed to have undermined peasant agriculture and sustainability. However, food sovereignty is an ambiguous idea. Yet, a few countries are institutionalizing it. In this paper, we argue that food sovereignty possesses the attributes of a ‘coalition magnet’ and, thus, brings together policy actors that support agricultural reform, but have diverse and often opposing interests, in a loose coalition. This facilitates agenda setting, but there may be problems in policy formulation and implementation stages due to the ambiguous nature of the idea. Consequently, despite including food sovereignty in a country’s constitution and/or legislation, policies and programs related to food and agriculture exhibit the status quo, which is not expected under an alternative food paradigm. We examine this argument in a case study of Nepal, where food sovereignty has been instituted as a fundamental right in the Constitution.
AB - The food sovereignty movement arose as a challenge to neoliberal models of agriculture and food and the corporatization of agriculture, which is claimed to have undermined peasant agriculture and sustainability. However, food sovereignty is an ambiguous idea. Yet, a few countries are institutionalizing it. In this paper, we argue that food sovereignty possesses the attributes of a ‘coalition magnet’ and, thus, brings together policy actors that support agricultural reform, but have diverse and often opposing interests, in a loose coalition. This facilitates agenda setting, but there may be problems in policy formulation and implementation stages due to the ambiguous nature of the idea. Consequently, despite including food sovereignty in a country’s constitution and/or legislation, policies and programs related to food and agriculture exhibit the status quo, which is not expected under an alternative food paradigm. We examine this argument in a case study of Nepal, where food sovereignty has been instituted as a fundamental right in the Constitution.
KW - Actors
KW - Coalition magnet
KW - Food sovereignty
KW - Ideas
KW - Nepal
U2 - 10.1007/s10460-019-09988-1
DO - 10.1007/s10460-019-09988-1
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85076530100
VL - 37
SP - 311
EP - 323
JO - Agriculture and Human Values
JF - Agriculture and Human Values
SN - 0889-048X
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