Overview
- Contributes to a more nuanced debate around seed system resilience
- Goes beyond the dominant dichotomous conceptualization of seed governance
- Critically examines the seed system through case studies of seed governance practices found in and around Japan
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
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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.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Michel Pimbert is Professor of Agroecology and Food Politics as well as Director of the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University, UK. He was formerly a member of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion
Book Subtitle: Agroecology and Endogenous Development
Editors: Yoshiaki Nishikawa, Michel Pimbert
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89405-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89404-7Published: 13 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-89405-4Published: 12 February 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 199
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Ecology, Geography, general, Food Science