Abstract
Algeria as an important North African and Mediterranean country with remarkable bioclimatic, edaphic, and political characteristics is under many sorts of negative stress affecting considerably alimentary dependence. Today, Algerian agriculture presents a worrying record. Several warning signs show that the sector is only surviving thanks to massive imports of milk, grains, seeds and chemical fertilizers. The current agricultural model is overtaken by dependence on foreign markets and recourse to costly public subsidies which come exclusively from revenues derived from hydrocarbon exports. Indeed, Algeria is located in region characterized by high water deficit and, poor hydraulic potential, affecting considerably the economy and food security. This situation is more due to mismanagement than an inability to produce enough and healthy food for all Algerians. The current governance is totally inappropriate. The solution mainly involves training, research and technology transfer. In the present perspective paper, we identify with real statistics, organizational, structural, technical, and ecological deficiency causing the suicidal alimentary dependence with alarming repercussion on health and economy. A series of items are proposed to be adopted in order to enable food security in view of available and mobilizable natural resources. Keywords: Natural resources, water capacity, agricultural production, land management, food security, Algeria.
Highlights
Every nation around the world still remembers the 2008 food crisis and the social riots that accompanied it, revealing for many countries a structural fragility carrying major systematic risks that make sovereignty and food security a central stake to governance
Food sovereignty includes a genuine right to food and food production, which means that all people have the right to healthy, culturally and nutritionally appropriate food, as well as to food production resources and the capacity to sustain their survival life and that of their society
While the two concepts are complementary, food sovereignty takes on a more political content, notably taking up the idea of a right to food, and the right for any country to implement the best agricultural policies adapted to the needs of its population
Summary
Every nation around the world still remembers the 2008 food crisis and the social riots that accompanied it, revealing for many countries a structural fragility carrying major systematic risks that make sovereignty and food security a central stake to governance. All this justifies a reflection on the agricultural and food strategies envisaged for the States. Food sovereignty can be understood as "the right of populations, communities and countries to define their own food, agricultural, territorial and work strategy which must be ecologically, socially, economically and culturally adapted. While the two concepts are complementary, food sovereignty takes on a more political content, notably taking up the idea of a right to food, and the right for any country to implement the best agricultural policies adapted to the needs of its population
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