Global Governance and the Politics of Food Security

The dynamic and revolutionary aspects of our Constitutional democratic framework intrinsically geared not only to political freedom but also socio-economic transformation and human progress. Part III of the Constitution contains the “Fundamental Rights”, including the right to life, which in conventional human rights parlance may be termed as civil and political rights (CPR). Part IV of the Constitution contains the “Directive Principles of State Policy” (DPSP), which include all the economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) such as the right to food. Food security is a basic human right, indeed it is a pre-condition for the full enjoyment of the right to food. The ‘trust deficit’ at the recent 2017 Eleventh Ministerial Conference to find a permanent solution for food security highlighted that food security should be considered as a complex democratic issue in the prevailing global governance paradigm. In this context, the paper attempts to sociologically analyze the “paradox” prevailing at both national (as a food surplus nation) and global (rules and agreements based on the notion of free trade) levels.

Keywords:
Food Security, Right to Food, Governance, Food Democracy, Anna Swaraj