Agriculture and food are fundamental to all people, in terms of both production and availability of sufficient quantities of safe and healthy food, and as foundations of healthy communities, cultures and environments. All of these are being undermined by the increasing emphasis on neo-liberal economic policies promoted by leading political and economic powers such as the United States (US) and the European Union (EU), and realised through global institutions such as the World Trade Organisation (WTO), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). Instead of securing food for the people of the world, these institutions have presided over a system that has prioritised export-oriented production, increased global hunger and malnutrition, and alienated millions of people from productive assets and resources such as land, water, seeds, technology and know-how. Fundamental change to this global regime is urgently required. Full Article [2]