Sökning: "Seed sovereignty"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 uppsatser innehållade orden Seed sovereignty.
1. Reaching Food Security: The legislative challenges of Seed exchange in kind : a discourse analysis of the European Commission’s PRM proposal
Master-uppsats, SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesSammanfattning : On the 5th of July 2023, the European Commission presented a new Plant Reproductive Material directive with a general objective of ensuring high quality and diversity that contributes to food security, protects biodiversity, and restores forest ecosystems. The aims are to increase efficiency and promote and support mainly sustainable innovation. LÄS MER
2. We Are the Solution: Seed Sovereignty, Local Knowledge Systems and Women’s Liberation Through Rice Farming in Southern Senegal
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiSammanfattning : The system of capitalist agriculture increasingly shows its social, economic and ecological failures. Some of the alternatives are based on food and seed sovereignty. However, the knowledge systems underlying seed saving practices, especially in the West African context, have been overlooked. LÄS MER
3. The paradox of community seed systems : a case of Lumezi and Chasefu districts
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : Availability of quality seeds is very key to production in agrarian societies such as Zambia. However, the focus on cereals like maize, a staple, has negatively affected the availability of quality seed for other crops like legumes which are equally important. This has been one of the reasons the community seed initiatives have been necessitated. LÄS MER
4. Food systems of the Andean Quechua: Countering industrial agriculture through harmonious living, food sovereignty, and traditional knowledge
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiSammanfattning : The Potato Park is an Andean Quechua biocultural heritage territory where six communities restored a rich biodiversity of native potatoes and other crops. Their food system has gained global recognition over the past two decades for the communities’ cultural and agricultural conservation efforts. LÄS MER
5. Stories of Change: Alternative Food Networks in the Urban Setting of Zurich
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/HumanekologiSammanfattning : Food is political: from seed over production to distribution and consumption. Large scale agriculture infused multi-layered social, ecological, and economic issues. The need to change the dominant food system approach is widely recognised. Alternatives in food production and distribution emerged and persisted over time. LÄS MER