Globalisation And Seed Sovereignty In Sub Saharan Africa

Author : Clare O'Grady Walshe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
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Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030128708

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Globalisation and Seed Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa by Clare O'Grady Walshe Pdf

"It is my expectation that respect for the critical importance of seed sovereignty will in due course be recognised by member states of the United Nations to be as critical to global peace and security as the UN Charter demands in respect of State sovereign equality, justice, human rights and economic and social wellbeing for all peoples."—Denis J. Halliday, UN Assistant Secretary-General 1994-98 "A constructive contribution to our understanding of what is going wrong and what can go right in the complex area of seed sovereignty."—Dervla Murphy, renowned travel writer and adventurer "Keeping seed diversity alive is the secret ingredient, not just for the good, nutrient-dense food that every cook, gardener and farmer/producer needs, but for strengthening our resilience in the face of multiple environmental threats. This compelling and timely book helps us to understand what we are up against and how we can overcome it."— Darina Allen, internationally renowned cook, founder of Ballymaloe Cookery school and President of the East Cork Convivium of Slow Food This book studies the relationship between globalisation and seed sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa. It provides comparative case studies of the most recent Kenyan and Ethiopian seed laws, as well as a study of seed sovereignty 'on the ground' in a locality within Ethiopia. Based on extensive fieldwork, it identifies the interests and motivations of transnational seed corporations, global philanthropic organisations, state actors, and local farmers. It finds significant differences in the wording of seed laws and the exercise of seed sovereignty, applying theories of globalisation to help us better understand these varied outcomes. It shows that seed sovereignty has the potential to be shared between local, national, regional, and global authorities, but in different ways in different countries and localities. In the face of what might sometimes appear to be unstoppable global forces, these findings suggest that the exercise of seed sovereignty can be transformed even in a highly globalised world.

Author : Clare O'Grady Walshe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1418952331

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Sovereignty and Globalisation by Clare O'Grady Walshe Pdf

Globalisation has challenged traditional, state-centred, domestic-oriented notions of sovereignty. New actors, such as international organisations, transnational actors, multi-national corporations, non-governmental organisations, and philanthrocapitalists have emerged to challenge the traditional conception of state sovereignty over domestic policy making. How can we best understand the challenges posed by these new actors to the traditional ways of thinking about domestic state sovereignty? In this thesis, I identify three competing interpretations of sovereignty in the contemporary globalised world - hyperglobalism, scepticism, and transformationalism. I wish to examine which, if any, of these interpretations best captures domestic decision-making processes. To do so, I examine seed sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using in-depth unstructured interviews and a comparative case-study method, I trace the development of the most recent seed laws in Ethiopia and Kenya. These laws vary in the degree to which they enshrine domestic state sovereignty over seed policy. Why were they worded differently? I also examine a local-level case in Ethiopia where farmers have started growing crops for a multinational corporation yet also continue to engage in traditional seed practices. Why are they doing so? I find that domestic sovereignty is increasingly shared between local, national, regional, and global authorities, but in different ways in different countries and different localities. My research suggests that transformationalism is a useful framework for assessing changes in seed practices in Sub-Saharan Africa and that it has the potential to be applied more generally.

Author : Elodie Bertrand,Vida Panitch
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781003821366

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The Routledge Handbook of Commodification by Elodie Bertrand,Vida Panitch Pdf

Some goods are freely traded as commodities without question or controversy. For other goods, their commodification – their being made available in exchange for money, or their being subject to market valuation and exchange – is hotly contested. “Contested” commodities range from labour and land, to votes, healthcare, and education, to human organs, gametes, and intimate services, to parks and emissions. But in the context of a market economy, what distinguishes these goods as non-commodifiable, or what defines them as contestable commodities? And why should their status as such justify restricting the market choices of rationally consenting parties to otherwise voluntary exchanges? This volume draws together wide-ranging, interdisciplinary research on the legitimate scope of markets and the kinds of goods that should be exempt therefrom. In bringing diverse answers to this question together for the first time, it finally identifies commodification studies as a unique field of scholarly research in its own right. In so doing, it fosters interdisciplinary dialogue, advances scholarship, and enhances education in this controversial, important, and growing field of research. Contemporary theorists who examine this question do so from across the disciplinary spectrum and ground their answers in diverse scholarly literature and divergent methodological approaches. Their arguments will be of interest to scholars and students of philosophy, economics, law, political science, sociology, policy, feminist theory, and ecology, among others. The contributors to this volume take diverse and divergent positions on the benefits of markets in general and on the possible harms of specific contested markets in particular. While some favour free markets and others regulation or prohibition, and while some engage in more normative and others in more empirical analysis, the contributors all advance nuanced and thoughtful arguments that engage deeply with the complex set of moral and empirical questions at the heart of commodification studies. This volume collects their new and provocative work together for the first time.

Author : Logan Cochrane,Nathan Andrews
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030607890

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The Transnational Land Rush in Africa by Logan Cochrane,Nathan Andrews Pdf

This volume provides up-to-date information on what has happened in the African ‘land rush’, providing national case studies for countries that were heavily impacted. The research will be a critical resource for students, researchers, advocates and policy makers as it provides detailed, long-term assessments of a broad range of national contexts. In addition to the specific questions of land and investment, this book sheds light on the broader international political economy of development in different African countries.

Author : Robert L. Paarlberg
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296428

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Governance and Food Security in an Age of Globalization by Robert L. Paarlberg Pdf

Commissioned by the International Food Policy Research Institute, this discussion paper asks who is responsible for assuring food security in an age of globalization? Paarlberg (political science, Wellesley College) argues that significant hunger persists in some regions largely because of governance deficits and failures at the national, rather than the global, level. He then suggests options for improving the performance of national governments in countries increasingly affected by hunger (particularly those in Africa). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Author : Stephen Devereux,Simon Maxwell
Publisher : ITDG Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110194953

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Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa by Stephen Devereux,Simon Maxwell Pdf

Most contributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s.

Author : Wilson Akpan,Philani Moyo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443878616

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Revisiting Environmental and Natural Resource Questions in Sub-Saharan Africa by Wilson Akpan,Philani Moyo Pdf

Based on case studies in Southern Africa, West Africa and East Africa, this book revisits some of the dilemmas and paradoxes associated with the development, management and utilisation of environmental resources, as well as lacklustre official handling of climate change-related challenges, in Sub-Saharan Africa. On the subject of natural resource exploitation, in particular, the book revisits scholarly debates and specific practices around compensation, benefit- and burden-sharing, local participation and space-place dynamics. It highlights fundamental ambiguities in the ways the dominant discourses and policy responses have been framed and mobilised, and examines epistemic and ideational incongruences that have hobbled and sometimes negated the effectiveness of otherwise well-intentioned interventions. On climate change, the book revisits debates around the vulnerability-assets nexus with regard to mitigation and adaptation, as well as the intersection of climate information and livelihoods in agro-based settings. The contradictions, gaps and limitations of climate change policies and strategies in different regions are re-examined based on new data. In the last few years, the Environment and Natural Resources Working Group of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) has intensified efforts to go beyond the annual SASA Congresses and the production of journal articles, in making the research agendas of its members more visible to the global scholarly and policy community. This book is one result of such efforts. It calls for a constant questioning of orthodoxies and the promotion of ethnographically sensitive and epistemologically nuanced scholarly and policy approaches to developmental challenges in Africa, especially in relation to environmental resources and environmental change.

Author : Martin Khor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Developed countries
ISBN : UCSD:31822030040703

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Globalization and the South by Martin Khor Pdf

Text of this paper was circulated at the South Summit, Havana, Cuba, 10-14 Apr 2000.

Author : Ronnie Vernooy,Pitambar Shrestha,Bhuwon Sthapit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781134608607

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Community Seed Banks by Ronnie Vernooy,Pitambar Shrestha,Bhuwon Sthapit Pdf

Community seed banks first appeared towards the end of the 1980s, established with the support of international and national non-governmental organizations. This book is the first to provide a global review of their development and includes a wide range of case studies. Countries that pioneered various types of community seed banks include Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Zimbabwe. In the North, a particular type of community seed bank emerged known as a seed-savers network. Such networks were first established in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA before spreading to other countries. Over time, the number and diversity of seed banks has grown. In Nepal, for example, there are now more than 100 self-described community seed banks whose functions range from pure conservation to commercial seed production. In Brazil, community seed banks operate in various regions of the country. Surprisingly, despite 25 years of history and the rapid growth in number, organizational diversity and geographical coverage of community seed banks, recognition of their roles and contributions has remained scanty. The book reviews their history, evolution, experiences, successes and failures (and reasons why), challenges and prospects. It fills a significant gap in the literature on agricultural biodiversity and conservation, and their contribution to food sovereignty and security.

Author : United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211064465

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Agribusiness for Africa's Prosperity by United Nations Industrial Development Organization Pdf

In recent years, a renewed focus on agriculture has been evident in policy and development agendas for the African continent, yet little knowledge has been generated on the interlinkages of production, agroindustry and markets, as well as the potentials and challenges for developing these. This publication analyzes the challenges, the potential and opportunities of African agribusiness in the current period of dramatic changes in global agro-industrial markets, and builds a case for agribusiness development as a path to Africa's prosperity. Written by international experts, from agribusiness practitioners, to academic experts and UN technical agencies, this volume fills what the United Nations Industrial Development Organization perceived as a significant gap in knowledge concerning these issues.

Author : Bessie House-Soremekun,Toyin Falola
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781580463928

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Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa by Bessie House-Soremekun,Toyin Falola Pdf

The first comprehensive work on globalization within the context of sustainable development initiatives in Africa.

Author : Godwin S. Kowero,Bruce Morgan Campbell,Ussif Rashid Sumaila
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 9789793361222

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Policies and Governance Structures in Woodlands of Southern Africa by Godwin S. Kowero,Bruce Morgan Campbell,Ussif Rashid Sumaila Pdf

Author : Department of Economic & Social Affairs,United Nations,United Nations. Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211045878

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Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation by Department of Economic & Social Affairs,United Nations,United Nations. Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination Pdf

This book presents an overview of the key debates that took place during the Economic and Social Council meetings at the 2007 High-level Segment, at which ECOSOC organized its first biennial Development Cooperation Forum. The discussions also revolved around the theme of the second Annual Ministerial Review, "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development."--P. 4 of cover.

Author : Amy Trauger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317654254

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Food Sovereignty in International Context by Amy Trauger Pdf

Food sovereignty is an emerging discourse of empowerment and autonomy in the food system with the development of associated practices in rural and some urban spaces. While literature on food sovereignty has proliferated since the first usage of the term in 1996 at the Rome Food Summit, most has been descriptive rather than explanatory in nature, and often confuses food sovereignty with other movements and objectives such as alternative food networks, food justice, or food self-sufficiency. This book is a collection of empirically rich and theoretically engaged papers across a broad geographical spectrum reflecting on what constitutes the politics and practices of food sovereignty. They contribute to a theoretical gap in the food sovereignty literature as well as a relative shortage of empirical work on food sovereignty in the global "North", much previous work having focussed on Latin America. Specific case studies are included from Canada, Norway, Switzerland, southern Europe, UK and USA, as well as Africa, India and Ecuador. The book presents new research on the emergence of food sovereignties. It offers a wide variety of empirical examples and a theoretically engaged framework for explaining the aims of actors and organizations working toward autonomy and democracy in the food system.

Author : Daniel A. Morales-Gomez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138459186

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Transnational Social Policies by Daniel A. Morales-Gomez Pdf

Addresses and analyses the increasing influence of transnational economic, commercial, political and legal policies on the national policies of developing countries. The text includes case studies from a range of developing countries in Asia, Africa and the Americas and analyzes the effects of globalization on national health, education, employment and welfare.