Mega-mergers
of the likes of the £16BN Bayer – Monsanto merger, have left a disturbing mark
in the agribusiness industry, as they continue to threaten people’s rights to
food sovereignty. This has led to consequences such as fears of high costs for
farmers and high food prices for consumers. This in turn has threatened the
peoples’ right to food sovereignty. Here, food sovereignty refers to the view
that food is not a commodity like any other as it is fundamentally essential
for life, thus the main objective of the food system is to provide food to
people in a way that is just and sustainable (Foodsovereignty.org, 2019).In this blog post, I will look more closely at the
relationship between mega-mergers and food sovereignty.
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