Food Sovereignty and Resilience in Luxembourg

 

July 2020

Dr. Rachel Reckinger published an article in Forum about food sovereignty and resilience in the Luxembourgish foodscape in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The article brings to light the ways in which even the wealthiest of Western European food-secure countries can be vulnerable to food shortages, and the weaknesses of over-reliance on export markets.

The article can be found here

Luxembourg’s food system relies on exporting the products of which it is completely self-sufficient, namely beef and dairy. However, producing only 3,5% of vegetables and less than 1% of fruit, as well as importing the majority of transformed goods, food sovereignty in Luxembourg has not currently been achieved.

Dr. Reckinger highlights the ways in which, moving forward, Luxembourg can work towards a sustainable and resourceful food system that is both ecologically regenerative, economically localised, and engaging a wide range of people across food systems, and the ways in which this can be achieved, both on a grassroots level, and through state incentivisation, and a national Food Policy Council.