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‣ Food Sovereignty protects agriculture from the hazard of market fundamentalism.‣ Food Sovereignty gives the best explanation of why underdeveloped countries remainedunderdeveloped.‣ Separate institutional arrangement is required in government line agency down to affectedlocality to implement food sovereignty programme.II.QUESTIONS RAISEDQ) Food crisis is the effect of commoditization of everything. This is the effect of capitalization. Howdoes food sovereignty work in this context?Q) We have been influenced by foreign technology, so we are depending on others. How can westand ourselves?Q) There is no mechanism to supervise and monitor the misuse of pesticides and chemical. What doyou say about this?Q) We added 14 fundamental rights along with Food Sovereignty in the constitution, which hasequalized fundamental rights to directive principles of the state. So, people do not get legaltreatment on the basis of fundamental right from Supreme Court. What do you say?Q) Food crisis has been brought by globalization. Intellectuals should pressurize the government forpatent right. What is your opinion in this regard?Q) Our country agreed Asian Development Bank’s conditions like small national industries beprivatized. Here we are talking contradictory agenda for food sovereignty. Isn’t it going back andforth?Q) Now, legislature is not running smoothly. How does this common issue get addressed?Q) What do you say about the transformation of the ancient knowledge to young generation?III. Answers:Food Sovereignty is the issue which is related from our kitchen to world level organizationFAO.This is not western or eastern influence. It is ism free/doctrine free. Why do we need politicsto get safe, healthy, fresh and nutritious food according to his/her culture? So, above anypolitical doctrine we relate food sovereignty with day to day problem.There is law but no implementation. How can we make it more practical? We have foodsovereignty, but no entertainment. Make law more practical.2
FAO expert unit claimed about 33 core dollar as fine to Indian Government for misbehavingand violating the rule of food sovereignty of Nepalese people. This could happen since wehave food sovereignty as fundamental right.We are not against trade. We should make our strategy. We need all party consensus.We could not raise our points properly. Let’s not blame others. But let’s think how we cantake benefit from other.People are dying of hunger, who is responsible? How is state responsible? It doesn’t meanstate should cook for everyone. But state should facilitate the right of food to its people.State should respect, protect and provide the right to food.Awareness program, equality in wage of females and other many issues left due to shorttime. I only thought for policy/ principle level because it has very vast field. We can’t includeall these subjects here.If you are interested to read the entire paper or power point presentation, please go to the CCDweb at: WWW.ccd.org.np or contact CCD (Ph: 01-4785998, email: info@ccd.org.np)ANNEX-1: Participants ListAnnex-1 Participants ListS. No. Name Organization1 Niruta Shrestha Patan Campus2 Gita Bajracharya Patan Campus3 Shova Dhungana Patan Campus4 Yogesh Ranjit Patan Campus5 Ram Kumar Sapkota6 Mukti N Poudel MSF7 Navaraj Dhami UCPN (Maoist)8 S. R Rijal Don Bosco9 Anim Dahal Don Bosco10 Bharat Pariyar11 Badri Bikram Thapa Nepal Law Campus3
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