The global food system still benefits the rich at the expense of the poor
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Like many problems in the global South, the global food system issues can be traced back to a colonial history. Back in 1989 two sociologists, Harriet Friedmann and Philip McMichael, developed a useful concept in their work on agrarian studies: Global food regimes. They described two key periods where the structure of the global food system enabled the uptake of Western-style capitalism and consumerism: the diasporic - colonial food regime of 1870–1914 and the mercantile-industrial food regime of 1947–1973. Friedmann went on to describe a potential third regime that we might find ourselves in now: the corporate-environmental regime. Please read on…….
Title of publication: The Conversation
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Autor: Laura Pereira
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Organización: Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN)
Otras organizaciones: AFAAS, UNFFE, AUC, FRA, PELUM, VLSA
Año: 2017
País(es): Uganda
Cobertura geográfica: África
Tipo: Artículo de revista especializada
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Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English