Alliance calls for food sovereignty, climate justice
Summary
The Alliance of Agriculture for Food has urged Nepal to mark World Food Day by strengthening calls for food sovereignty and climate justice instead of celebration, following devastating floods that damaged farmland and livelihoods. The group is demanding rehabilitation, restored agricultural production, and compensation for climate-related losses.
Key Points
- The Alliance of Agriculture for Food says this year’s World Food Day should be used to amplify demands for food sovereignty and climate justice.
- Recent floods and a glacial avalanche in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river areas destroyed homes, roads, markets and large areas of farmland.
- Coordinator Uddhav Adhikari called for sustainable rehabilitation, restoration of farming, and support such as seeds, tools, fertilisers and safe housing.
- Agricultural activist Krishna Prasad Paudel and farmer Dipesh Nepal warned that climate change, land degradation and concrete riverbank structures are worsening food insecurity.
