The humiliated democracy. The political order in times of appeasement
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Hunger in the world remains a serious problem. In 2010 the number of undernourished people reached 925 million, according to a FAO report. This paper will present first of all the need to change the world’s current food system, based as it is on intensive agriculture, high yield seeds, and a use of fertilizers. It has failed both socially and environmentally following its 50 years of implementation. Global markets have created greater inequalities and deeper poverty. Sustainability is a humanitarian, fundamental goal and a question of justice. Secondly, I argue that ecological agriculture is a system that favours people, practiced by local communities in Africa and on other continents. I will present some successful examples from the State of the World 2011, Worldwatch Institute Report. Thirdly, I will correlate the industrial world’s agricultural system with Global Warming. Intensive agriculture is oil dependent, for its use of energy, transport, extraction, factories. This could be a renewable sector if the food production system were changed to become small scale, and for the benefit of local regional populations. The reduction of emissions then would be fairly visible. Another ambit to focus on is urban agriculture – city populations could be well nourished through using ecological principles.
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