Food sovereignty and combating poverty and hunger in Ghana

Abstract

This paper reviews the concept of food sovereignty as an alternative to failing conventional food policies. Using the Ghanaian economy as a case study, it investigates the implications of food sovereignty for attaining the ambitious Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of combating poverty and hunger in developing economies. The need for social shaping of bio-technologies have been emphasized. It has also been recommended that policies on support for small holder farmers in developing countries will have to be defensive and responsive to price-distorting subsidies. Not only should government be committed to promoting, defending and protecting the rights of local farmers and agricultural employees. Such policies should also consider technology programs from sovereignty prospective