Feeding Seven Billion: Food Distribution Debate at Kings Place

This debate will examine the ways in which state action, public distribution systems, food networks and private supply chains can help secure food sufficiency for all. Themes include: Does the primary responsibility for guaranteeing basic entitlements as well as food and livelihood security rest with the state?, What is the role of public distribution systems in providing food security in the 21st century, in the face of pressures for more liberalised economic policies?