foe-food-sovereignty-bookletweb-spanish-2e449047f852f16f.pdf

The report critiques the 'agribusiness investment model' promoted through bilateral investment treaties and free trade agreements, asserting that these frameworks prioritize corporate profits over human rights and environmental health. It highlights how mechanisms like Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) prevent governments from implementing public health and environmental protections. The document advocates for food sovereignty and agroecology, noting that small-scale farmers produce 70-80% of food in the developing world and that agroecological methods can significantly increase crop yields while regenerating natural resources.

• Trade and investment agreements, particularly those utilizing Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms, allow corporations to sue states for billions of dollars when public policies impede corporate profits, creating a 'chilling effect' that discourages governments from implementing environmental or social protections.
• The industrial agribusiness model is identified as a primary driver of soil and ecosystem degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, and persistent hunger, while simultaneously impoverishing millions of farmers and workers.
• Small-scale producers are the most critical part of the global food system, providing 70-80% of the food consumed in the developing world, and their own investments in their farms exceed all other sources of investment by more than three times.
• Agroecology is presented as a viable alternative that increases productivity and resilience; a study of 286 projects across 57 poor countries showed an average crop yield increase of 79% and improved water efficiency and carbon capture.
• Investment shifts toward agribusiness often lead to land grabbing, the displacement of rural communities, and the loss of seed diversity, which exacerbates hunger.
• Specific mega-trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are expected to intensify corporate concentration in agriculture and may undermine food safety standards, such as EU bans on hormone-treated meat.

APA

Chandrasekaran, K., & Carrau, N. (n.d.). foe-food-sovereignty-bookletweb-spanish-2e449047f852f16f.pdf. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/foe-food-sovereignty-bookletWEB-SPANISH.pdf

Chicago

Chandrasekaran, Kirtana, and Natalia Carrau. foe-food-sovereignty-bookletweb-spanish-2e449047f852f16f.pdf. Friends of the Earth International, n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/foe-food-sovereignty-bookletWEB-SPANISH.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{chandrasekaranndfoefoodsovereigntybookletwebspanish2e449047f852f16fpdf, author = {Chandrasekaran, Kirtana and Carrau, Natalia}, title = {{foe-food-sovereignty-bookletweb-spanish-2e449047f852f16f.pdf}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/foe-food-sovereignty-bookletWEB-SPANISH.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }