ABSTRACT
This chapter examines that reimagining agriculture and food systems in an age of climate change requires moving away from supply-oriented production models and into an alternative paradigm. It introduces the human rights-based approach in global climate change governance. The chapter argues that one should look beyond large-scale industrial agriculture and instead look to a different vision of farming by supporting and promoting small-holder farmers, local food initiatives, and agro ecology on a global scale. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has noted with high confidence in its Fifth Assessment Report that climate change will potentially affect all components of food security, including availability, accessibility, utilization and food system stability. Agro ecology encompasses the science of ecological principles as applied to food systems, the practices and techniques of sustainable farming, and a movement that addresses the social, economic and political aspects of food systems.
