Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity write by Michel. P. Pimbert. This book was released on 2017-11-01. Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contestations over knowledge – and who controls its production – are a key focus of social movements and other actors that promote food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity. This book critically examines the kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing needed for food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity. ‘Food sovereignty’ is understood here as a transformative process that seeks to recreate the democratic realm and regenerate a diversity of autonomous food systems based on agroecology, biocultural diversity, equity, social justice and ecological sustainability. It is shown that alternatives to the current model of development require radically different knowledges and epistemologies from those on offer today in mainstream institutions (including universities, policy think tanks and donor organizations). To achieve food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity, there is a need to re-imagine and construct knowledge for diversity, decentralisation, dynamic adaptation and democracy. The authors critically explore the changes in organizations, research paradigms and professional practice that could help transform and co-create knowledge for a new modernity based on plural definitions of wellbeing. Particular attention is given to institutional, pedagogical and methodological innovations that can enhance cognitive justice by giving hitherto excluded citizens more power and agency in the construction of knowledge. The book thus contributes to the democratization of knowledge and power in the domain of food, environment and society. Chapters 1 and 8 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Transforming Knowledge and Ways of Knowing for Food Sovereignty
Transforming Knowledge and Ways of Knowing for Food Sovereignty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transforming Knowledge and Ways of Knowing for Food Sovereignty write by Michel Pimbert. This book was released on 2006. Transforming Knowledge and Ways of Knowing for Food Sovereignty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In the face of the organised power of science, business and mainstream politics, the more diffuse but networked power of the growing food sovereignty movement is confronted with many challenges. In this book, the author focuses on only one of these: the need to transform knowledge and ways of knowing to regenerate locally controlled food systems. The production of ecologically literate and socially just knowledge implies a radical shift from the existing top down and increasingly corporate-controlled research system to an approach which devolves more decision-making power to farmers, indigenous peoples, food workers, consumers and citizens for the production of social and ecological knowledge. The whole process should lead to the democratisation of research, diverse forms of co-inquiry based on specialist and non-specialist knowledge, an expansion of horizontal networks for autonomous learning and action, and more transparent oversight. This implies: 1) nurturing political values that emphasise more direct citizen participation in determining research agendas, regulations and policies; 2) the adoption of a learning process approach and extended peer review in the production and validation of knowledge; and 3) enabling policies that offer citizens adequate material security and time for democratic deliberation in the context of more localised food systems and economies."--pub. website.
Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas
Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas write by Avery Cohn. This book was released on 2006. Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion
Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion write by Yoshiaki Nishikawa. This book was released on 2022. Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This open access book will contribute to a more nuanced debate around seed system resilience that goes beyond the dominant dichotomous conceptualization of seed governance often characterized as traditional vs modern, subsistence vs commercial, or local vs global. While reflecting on the expanding oligopoly in the current seed system, the authors argue that such classifications limit our ability to critically reflect on and acknowledge the diverse approaches through which seed governance is practiced around the world, at various scales, creating a mosaic of dynamic complementarities and autonomies. The authors also highlight the importance of this much needed dialogue through case studies of seed governance approaches and practices found in and around Japan.
Agroecology Now!
Agroecology Now! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agroecology Now! write by Colin Ray Anderson. This book was released on 2020-12-07. Agroecology Now! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today’s dominant food regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Agroecology transformations represent a challenge to the power of corporations in controlling food system and a rejection of the industrial food systems that are at the root of many social and ecological ills. In this book the authors analyse the conditions that enable and disable agroecology’s potential and present six ‘domains of transformation’ where it comes into conflict with the dominant food system. They argue that food sovereignty, community-self organization and a shift to bottom-up governance are critical for the transformation to a socially just and ecologically viable food system. This book will be a valuable resource to researchers, students, policy makers and professionals across multidisciplinary areas including in the fields of food politics, international development, sustainability and resilience.
