Food Policies and Socio-political Movements

Policies related to food, on the one hand, have been at the core of the developmental narratives of any nation, and on the other hand, they have also been the cause of various socio-political upheavals and movements across the world. Food policies have resulted in generational changes in production and consumption patterns and practices of people across the globe including Asia. Discourses are also ripe around how various economic and developmental factors like urbanization and globalization and the resultant emergence of the supermarket culture and big food chains have significantly impacted consumption patterns and practices among various regions in Asia.