One research project examines the different solutions that different groups suggest to ease poverty and hunger: on one side the established development discourses (“agro-industrialization”) and on the other side alternative development discourses (“food sovereignty”) as promoted by the international peasant organization La Via Campesina. Another research project looks into how political decisions regarding food security are made during crisis at the example of the Covid pandemic, during which many countries led their population into lockdowns despite severe food security concerns, while others withstood the general trend and prioritized food security over epidemiological threats.
