ABSTRACT
Smallholder coffee farmers produce an estimated 70% of the world’s coffee (Eakin et al. 2009), yet are especially vulnerable to food insecurity in the form of seasonal hunger. Agroecology is recognized and promoted as critical to improving household food security and sovereignty (FSS) in rural areas by the global food sovereignty movement led by La Via Campesina, and is promoted
CONTENTS
12.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 193 12.2 Food Security in the Coffee Lands ....................................................................................... 195 12.3 The Relationship between Agroecology and Food Security and Sovereignty ..................... 197
12.3.1 Food Security and Food Sovereignty: Mainstream Approaches .............................. 197 12.3.2 Agroecology as a Food Security and Sovereignty Strategy ..................................... 199
12.4 Approaches to Implementing Agroecology as an FSS Strategy within A Donor-Funded Project Context: A Focus on Homegardens ..........................................................................200
