Chapter VI: Food sovereignty and environmental violations: The case of Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco

Environmental damage, Liberal growth policies in the agricultural sector, exploitation of resources, destruction of the environment, heavy use of chemicals, soil exhaustion have destabilized food sovereignty, in addition to poor wages, the living situation of citizens has deteriorated. The Egyptian policies to encourage agriculture devoted the sector to export and neglected small farmers. Tunisia’s situation is not so different from Egypt as most countries in the south that struggle to export and trade. But, as the second study indicates, Tunisia’s agricultural estates suffer from difficult environmental conditions. On the other hand, Morocco shows a labor struggle against the capitalist system after the environment was destroyed in the name of development