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Globalisation and Seed Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan AfricaReshaping Seed Sovereignty

Globalisation and Seed Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reshaping Seed Sovereignty [This chapter provides a synopsis of the key findings of the study. It suggests that transformationalism is a useful framework for assessing changes in seed practices in sub-Saharan Africa and argues that hyperglobalist seed laws and practices can be avoided if there is sufficient political will. It ends with a call for decisive action to generate more equitable outcomes in the seed space. It identifies four areas for immediate action: (1) The revision of international seed law and policies; (2) the evaluation of all existing and proposed domestic seed laws and policies; (3) the expansion of community seed banks; and (4) the development of evolutionary breeding systems that will generate genetic variability that could become central to national programmes for future-proofing for climate change.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Globalisation and Seed Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan AfricaReshaping Seed Sovereignty

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-12869-2
Pages
237 –257
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-12870-8_7
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[This chapter provides a synopsis of the key findings of the study. It suggests that transformationalism is a useful framework for assessing changes in seed practices in sub-Saharan Africa and argues that hyperglobalist seed laws and practices can be avoided if there is sufficient political will. It ends with a call for decisive action to generate more equitable outcomes in the seed space. It identifies four areas for immediate action: (1) The revision of international seed law and policies; (2) the evaluation of all existing and proposed domestic seed laws and policies; (3) the expansion of community seed banks; and (4) the development of evolutionary breeding systems that will generate genetic variability that could become central to national programmes for future-proofing for climate change.]

Published: Apr 17, 2019

Keywords: Seed sovereignty; Seed laws; Community seed banks; Genetic variability

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