Food sovereignty policy. “The Venezuelan experiment”
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2024-3-89-102
Abstract
The research article is concerned with the analysis of agri-food policy in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. With the help of historical analysis, the author found that the main problems in the agricultural sector of the country are its strong dependence on agri-food imports, disproportion in the structure of land ownership and a high level of urbanization. The author used an institutional analysis and a comparative approach to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the main government programs for the implementation of the food sovereignty strategy, which was used as a tool to remedy the crisis situation. It was found that the receipt of food aid and the availability of government-subsidized food blocked the desire of Venezuelans to work in rural areas. It was found that despite the usefulness for a certain number of citizens, government programs for the “re-peasanization” and “agrarization” of the population did not stimulate an increase in the area of cultivated land and did not provoke the desired increase in productivity of plant crops. It is proved that the shortage of domestic food products, increased food imports and demographic disproportion forced the Venezuelan government to deviate from the postulates of food sovereignty in favor of ensuring the country’s food security “by any available means”.
About the Author
A. V. Malov
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr V. Malov, Cand. of Sci. (Political Science)
6, Miusskaya Sq., Russia, 125047
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Malov A.V. Food sovereignty policy. “The Venezuelan experiment”. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2024;(3):89-102. https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2024-3-89-102
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