Souverainete alimentaire Reseau d\'etudes des dynamiques transnationales et de l\'action collective

Local Food Systems and Public Policy – A Review of the Literature

This paper reviews the state of knowledge about local food systems (LFS). We identify LFS as an effective mean to achieve food sovereignty, defined as the right of people to local food production, healthy and ecological, realized in equitable conditions that respect the right of every partner to decent working conditions and incomes.