On 13 June, the process “Local and transformative governance with the keys to food sovereignty and gender equality” initiated by Mugarik Gabe Nafarroa, Mundubat and the IPES Foundation ended in the Parliament of Navarre. For six months, sessions have been held in the five merits of the country: women producers, members of institutions and agents of social movements have reflected and debated the country's agriculture and food policies. At this last part-session in June, local producers brought their conclusions and requests to Parliament.

Female production loudspeaker

Esther Montero presented in Parliament the document Women producers and food sovereignty in Navarra, elaborated with what was done in the merinity sessions.

He then took the word Gotzone Sestao on behalf of the women producers. The producer criticised the lack of recognition of his work by society and the administration, and denounced that the administration, on many occasions, rather than helping, hampers his situation: through complex bureaucracies and becoming dependent on subsidies, they have stifled small farmers and farmers, and many of them have been forced to abandon their profession: “We are dependent on a neoliberal and patriarchal productive model that expels people from the countryside and excludes women.” The women producers demanded directly from the institutions: to bet on food sovereignty and a socially, ecologically and economically sustainable agricultural model. Concrete proposals were put forward to implement it, divided into six points: seeds, land, public subsidies, direct selling and short circuit marketing, education and public services.

Other governance models

In the second part of the programme, representatives from each area presented several ongoing projects on food governance policies, showing their willingness to change things.