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FAO accepts to debate food sovereignty
Juan Nicastro

Progress should be reflected in policies that promote local food production over agribusiness.

Social movements are celebrating what they consider a “historic achievement”: the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, or FAO, agreed to begin discussions about food “sovereignty,” rather than food “security,” the latter of which currently dominates the organization’s agenda.see more

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