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Essay / Food Insecurity in Haiti - 3258
The new movement, known as food sovereignty, emphasizes local agriculture. Much like food security, the definition of food sovereignty tends to change somewhat. In 1996, La Via Campesina (a peasant agricultural movement, literally "the peasant way") defined food sovereignty as "the right of each nation to maintain and develop its own capacity to produce its basic foods with respect for diversity cultural and productive.” Years later, the Peoples Food Sovereignty Network’s definition of food sovereignty states: “Food sovereignty is the right of people to define their own food and agriculture, to protect and regulate production and; national agricultural trade in order to achieve sustainable development goals; determine the extent to which they want to be self-reliant; limit the dumping of products in their markets and give priority to local fishing-based communities in the management of use; and rights to aquatic resources” a vast subject, the authors of this definition took it into account when redefining the term. The diversity of opinions, positions, issues and policies is clearly present in the text; from the need for sustainable development goals to the needs of fishing villages to manage aquatic resources. Patel says food sovereignty is a “big tent” capable of encompassing many small