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The Food Systems Summit’s Failure to Address Corporate Power
Based on analysis of documentation associated with the UN Food Systems Summit process, we identify three main ways in which the Summit failed to address the problem of corporate power in food systems in a meaningful way. First, the Summit was ‘strategically silent’ on the problem of corporate power,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8503869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34658604 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-021-00303-2 |
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description | Based on analysis of documentation associated with the UN Food Systems Summit process, we identify three main ways in which the Summit failed to address the problem of corporate power in food systems in a meaningful way. First, the Summit was ‘strategically silent’ on the problem of corporate power, mentioning the problem only very infrequently and in a way that failed to identify corporations as holding disproportionate power in food systems. Second, it advanced technology and innovation-based solutions that benefit large agrifood companies rather than seeking structural transformation of food systems. Third, it gave corporations a priority seat at the table by engaging them in various settings in the lead up to the Summit. |
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spelling | pubmed-85038692021-10-12 The Food Systems Summit’s Failure to Address Corporate Power Clapp, Jennifer Noyes, Indra Grant, Zachary Development (Rome) Thematic Section Based on analysis of documentation associated with the UN Food Systems Summit process, we identify three main ways in which the Summit failed to address the problem of corporate power in food systems in a meaningful way. First, the Summit was ‘strategically silent’ on the problem of corporate power, mentioning the problem only very infrequently and in a way that failed to identify corporations as holding disproportionate power in food systems. Second, it advanced technology and innovation-based solutions that benefit large agrifood companies rather than seeking structural transformation of food systems. Third, it gave corporations a priority seat at the table by engaging them in various settings in the lead up to the Summit. Palgrave Macmillan UK 2021-10-11 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8503869/ /pubmed/34658604 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-021-00303-2 Text en © Society for International Development 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Thematic Section Clapp, Jennifer Noyes, Indra Grant, Zachary The Food Systems Summit’s Failure to Address Corporate Power |
title | The Food Systems Summit’s Failure to Address Corporate Power |
title_full | The Food Systems Summit’s Failure to Address Corporate Power |
title_fullStr | The Food Systems Summit’s Failure to Address Corporate Power |
title_full_unstemmed | The Food Systems Summit’s Failure to Address Corporate Power |
title_short | The Food Systems Summit’s Failure to Address Corporate Power |
title_sort | food systems summit’s failure to address corporate power |
topic | Thematic Section |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8503869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34658604 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-021-00303-2 |
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