SOSC 1430 Lecture Notes - Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Food Policy
13 Oct 2013
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As markets for grain/food become more profitable, a lot of land in south, has been used for global crops = decrease for local more use of land for export. Result: countries in global south have become net importers of food; creating a vulnerability to outside pressures (i. e. food prices rising massively over few years) Increased power of corporations; more authority in global south. Transgenic technology: raises the question of the power of transnational corporations over others" they exercise control over the seeds basic foundations of the entire food system/chain. Now, corporations have power over this millennial old tradition. Privatizing what used to be a public good. Corporations own nearly half of the market. There wasn"t a single company prior to 2007, that didn"t own 1% of the traditional farm/land goods. The situation has become so concerning, that un food and control org, came up with the term food security.
