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HAMBRE Y MALNUTRICIN EN

AMRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE

Datos de hambre

Food as a Commodity, Human

Right or Common Good?Implications for Hunger Eradication

JOSE LUIS VIVERO POLPhD Candidate in Food Governance

Universit Catholique de Louvain, Belgium


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PRIMUM VIVERE DEINDE

PHILOSOPHARE

#4. The 5th dimension: FOOD AS A COMMONS

#2. 3 APPROACHES, 5 DIMENSIONSto Food

#1. The FAILURE of the Global Food System

#3. The RIGHT TO FOOD is progressing


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AIR

WATER

FOOD

SUNLIGHT


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OUR HOME


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1 000

919

898

867 868

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5049

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800

900

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1990-1992 1999-2001 2004-2006 2007-2009 2010-2012

Mundo (Eje izquierdo) Amrica Latina y el Caribe (Eje derecho)

Millions

Fuente: FAO.

Evolution of Hunger figures in the world and in LACbetween 1990-1992 y 2010-2012.


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2.3 BILLION MALNOURISHED

PEOPLEWE EAT BADLY

3.1 million children die of hunger-related

diseases

2.8 million people die of overweight-

related diseases

868 MILLION HUNGRY

HUNGER DAMAGES THE


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HUNGERDAMAGES THE

BRAIN

Malnourished child

brainWell nourished

child brain


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8STUNT

INGdu

ringfirstthre

yearsis

IRR

EVERS

IBLE Well-

nourished

child

neurone

MalnourishedChild Neurone


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165 million stunted

children

19 million severely

wasted children

Hunger is largest

contributor (45%) to child

mortality

1.4 BILLION OVERWEIGHT

300 MILLION OBESE


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WASTED

FOOD (33%)

1.3 billiontonnes (to feed

600 million

hungry people)


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The food industry is the 2nd biggest: A BIG CAKE

(10% GDP & 5 trillion USD in 2009)


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Planetary

Boundaries

Climate Change

Oil Peak

Radical changeUK Gov

IAASTD

Business as usualIncrease productivity

Improve access


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ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKFood dimensions

Approaches to food systems


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Food dimensions

Commodity

HumanRight

Commons

HumanNeed

Culture


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Food as a commons Food as a commodity


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FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITYexists whenTechnocrats, technicians, official statements, consensus

Twin track approach (production & acces to food)No questioning food is a commodity:

ACCESS IS THE MAIN ISSUE

OFICIAL

DEFINITIONWorld Food Summits

1996 &2002

Foto: FAO

Foto: Jorge Salamanca


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THE RIGHT TO FOOD

is a right (duties andentitlements).

States must respect,

protect & fulfill

As a legal approach, it

does not question the

proprietary rights,

specially the private

property right (a sacredpillar of capitalism).

ICESCRis a binding

agreement

for 156states

Justiciable


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What is FOOD SOVEREIGNTY?

#2. WORK IN PROGRESS,weak academic/UN support

#4. Alternative to theindustrial oil-dependant food

system

#1. RECENTCONCEPT(1996) quicklyevolving,formulated byVa Campesina

#3.Commonparadigm of

CIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL &someSTATES

Bolivia, Venezuela,Ecuador, Nicaragua,Honduras, CostaRica, El Salvador,Rep Dom

Foto: Alessandra Ferrandes


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EVOLUTIONFrom an anti-establishment andcombative position to

a viable alternative totackle current flawsof the post-industrialfood system, plushunger, climatechange and energy

IDEOLOGICAL propositive: the ONLY option B

Foto:IanMackenzie

Foto:

Foto: Jose Luis Vivero


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ProducersandConsumersshall regain control ofthe national foodsystems.Producing andcomsuming food is acultural issue

No to TNC controlover our food(Henry Kissinger)


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Food is not a COMMODITY such

as screws (ergoOUT of WTO)

Private & Common Goods:


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Private & Common Goods:

Rivalry & Excludability

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De-constructing

Food-relatedElements:

everything is

commons butcultivated food

and copyrighted

patents


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1. Cultivated Foodis a private good

Completly

produced by

private means:

private

landholdings,copyrighted seeds

and agro-

chemicals,

machineries

Foto


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2. Traditional agricultural knowledge

os:JoseLuisViv

ero


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4. Cuisine, recipes &national gastronomy

Foto:CarlaBq


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5. Edible wild plantsand animals


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6. Genetic

Resources for Foodand Agriculture

Seeds are commons

Patents prevent

innovation (Benkler,2006)

Fashion world and top

cuisine are rather

innovative withoutpatenting systems

ITPGRFA made seeds

a global commongood


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7. Food safety considerations

(Codex Alimentarius)

Foto:LianneMilton

Foto:MarianoBonora


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8. Goodnutrition &publichealth


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9. Extreme food pricefluctuations

Foto: Megan Morgavan

Banning futures trade

speculation


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What if food isconsidered acommons

speculation

Controlling land

grabbing, land

evictions

Binding Food Treaties

Legislating collective

rights

Avoiding biopiracy,

patenting of life forms,

Minimising copyrightedagriculture

Combating oligopolies

of agri-food chains

T i t i G f F d S t


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Tri-centric Governance of Food Systems

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CIVIC COLLECTIVE

ACTIONS


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DE-COMMODIFICATION RE-COMMONIFICATION OF FOOD


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Fuente FAO: http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/wfs-home/foodpricesindex/es/1. La Agricultura en un contexto global

Food is a human right and a commons!

And I thank you for your time and interest

I am more than happy to exchange@joselviveropol


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with anyone interested in hunger

eradication & food as a commons

Any comment is welcomed

@joselviveropol

joseluisviveropol

http://hambreyderechoshumanos.blogspot.com

http://hungerpolitics.wordpress.com

Jose Luis Vivero

Pol

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