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Globalisation and Seed Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan AfricaThe Core Dilemma: Seed Sovereignty and Globalisation

Globalisation and Seed Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Core Dilemma: Seed Sovereignty and... [This book examines the tension between the need for food, or food security, and the desire to maintain sovereignty over food production, in this case seeds for agricultural production, or seed sovereignty. The need for food is increasingly being met by a greater reliance on uniform commercially bred seed, including genetically modified seeds designed by multinational corporations and supported by philanthropic organisations such as the Gates Foundation. However, meeting the need for food in this way risks eliminating the sovereignty of domestic producers. These are the local farmers and farming communities who wish to continue freely cultivating the seeds of their choice. This chapter introduces the issues at stake in the tension between food security and food sovereignty.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Globalisation and Seed Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan AfricaThe Core Dilemma: Seed Sovereignty and Globalisation

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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
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1 –24
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-12870-8_1
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[This book examines the tension between the need for food, or food security, and the desire to maintain sovereignty over food production, in this case seeds for agricultural production, or seed sovereignty. The need for food is increasingly being met by a greater reliance on uniform commercially bred seed, including genetically modified seeds designed by multinational corporations and supported by philanthropic organisations such as the Gates Foundation. However, meeting the need for food in this way risks eliminating the sovereignty of domestic producers. These are the local farmers and farming communities who wish to continue freely cultivating the seeds of their choice. This chapter introduces the issues at stake in the tension between food security and food sovereignty.]

Published: Apr 17, 2019

Keywords: Food security; Food sovereignty; Seed sovereignty

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