The food sovereignty policy in the Plurinational State of Bolivia: causes and consequences

Aim. To identify the features of the formation and implementation of the food sovereignty policy in the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

Methodology. The author used a retrospective analysis to establish the reasons for the integration of the concept of food sovereignty into the legal space of the Bolivia. With the help of the method of historical and logical unity, the author determined the role of social movements in the process of institutionalization of the idea of food sovereignty. The author used the method of secondary data analysis and an institutional approach to classify official documents, identify executive authorities and describe programs that contribute to the implementation of the food sovereignty policy in the country. The position of the Bolivia in the global process of production of genetically modified soybeans was recorded and characterized by the method of statistical observation and visualization.

Results. Based on the results of the study, the author concluded that the policy of food sovereignty was inconsistent, characterized by asymmetry in land ownership, disproportion in socio-economic development, financial prioritization of large agro-industrial business, monopolization of markets, export-oriented extractivism and illegal production of biotechnological cash crops.

Research implications. The author identified the key aspects of the state’s food sovereignty policy, noted its strengths and weaknesses, outlined the contours of further development.

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