Food sovereignty policy in the Republic of Ecuador: specifics of formation and implementation
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2024-3-167-176
Abstract
Aim. To identify and characterize the features of the formation and implementation of the food sovereignty policy in the Republic of Ecuador.
Methodology. With the help of a retrospective analysis, the author identified the reasons for the integration of the concept of Food sovereignty into the legal space of the Republic of Ecuador. The method of unity of the logical and historical was used to determine the role of the New social movements in the process of institutionalization of the idea of Food sovereignty. Using the method of comparative analysis, the author determined the discursive similarity between the idea of Food sovereignty and the principles of Andean cosmogony. Using the method of secondary data analysis and an institutional approach, official documents of the state were studied and classified, authorized executive authorities were identified, specialized programs contributing to the implementation of the food sovereignty policy were described.
Results. According to the results of the study, the author concluded that the policy of food sovereignty is contradictory, characterized by asymmetry in land ownership, financial prioritization of large agriindustrial business, monopolization of sales markets and export-oriented production of “flex 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. The forecast of four alternative scenarios for the development of the Ecuadorian food system until 2030 is presented.
About the Author
A. Malov
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexande V. Malov – Cand. Sci. (Political Science), Assoc. Prof., Department of Theoretical and Applied Political Science, Faculty of International Relations and Foreign Area Studies, Institute of History and Archives
Miusskaya pl. 6, Moscow 125047
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