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| Author(s): |
Estevan Leopoldo de Freitas Coca
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Presidente Prudente. 2016-09-08. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Presidente Prudente |
| Defense date: | 2016-08-24 |
| Advisor: | Bernardo Mançano Fernandes |
| Abstract | |
In 1996, the international peasant coalition La Via Campesina introduced food sovereignty as an alternative proposal for organizing food systems, going beyond the hegemony of large corporations. In these twenty years, food sovereignty has evolved, being incorporated as a flag of struggle for other social movements in the countryside, city and by some governments. Food sovereignty exists when the people control their process of nourishment, reducing the influence of large corporations. Thus, in this proposal food is not treated as a commodity, but as a human right. In this context, the objective of this thesis is to study public food procurement experiences and their contribution to food sovereignty in Brazil and Canada. For this, two programs were analyzed: i) the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) in Cantuquiriguaçu, the state of Parana and in the Pontal do Paranapanema, the state of São Paulo – two regions appointed by the Federal Government of Brazil as citizenship territories – and ; ii) the Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) network, in the metropolitan area of Vancouver, Canada. Thus, the central hypothesis is that food sovereignty has been established as an alternative food regime that, furthermore, can be implemented through the protagonism of the state (PAA as an example) and of civil society (the F2CC network as an example). As a central element of the methodological procedures, semi-structured interviews were conducted with family farmers/peasants, representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Government Officials and others. We found that the PAA has contributed to food sovereignty in Cantuquiriguaçu and Pontal do Paranapanema by creating a new market opportunity for family farmers/peasants and a better feeding for proponents and beneficiaries by the donation of food. In its turn, the F2CC network has been a vector for change of food consumer relations in Metro Vancouver. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/01733-1 - FOOD SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH THE STATE AND THE SOCIO-SPATIAL MOVEMENTS: THE FOOD PROCUREMENT PROGRAM (PAA)IN BRAZIL AND FARM TO CAFETERIA CANADA (F2CC) NETWORK IN CANADA |
| Grantee: | Estevan Leopoldo de Freitas Coca |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |