ABSTRACT

The Ecuadorian Constitution (2008) declared food sovereignty as a strategic goal and a government obligation, institutionalizing – although partially – the proposal put forward by the international peasant movement Vía Campesina in 1996. The aim of this paper1 is to critically reflect on the impact of collective actions (especially those promoted by organizations linked to this movement) carried out to institutionalize the principles of food sovereignty in Ecuador, including an analysis of the gap that exists between the formal and the material constitution of the official strategies.2