Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction: Thinking About Seeds

   • Michel Pimbert

   Pages 1-19Open Access

3. Reclaiming Diverse Seed Commons Through Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Economies of Care

   • Michel Pimbert

   Pages 21-39Open Access

4. Integration of Endogenous Development Theory into the Study of Seed Governance

   • Yoshiaki Nishikawa

   Pages 41-55Open Access

5. Indigenous Seed Systems and Biocultural Heritage: The Andean Potato Park’s Approach to Seed Governance

   • Krystyna Swiderska, Alejandro Argumedo

   Pages 57-77Open Access

6. The Diversity of Seed-Saving Governance and Sharing Systems in contemporary Japan

   • Ayako Kawai

   Pages 79-90Open Access

7. Seed System Dynamics and Crop Diversity of Chinbaung in Myanmar

   • Mami Nagashima, Yoshiaki Nishikawa, Mya Shew, Ohm Mar Saw, Min San Tein, Makoto Kawase et al.

   Pages 91-105Open Access

8. Organizations and Functions for Seed Management in East Asia: Korea, Japan and Taiwan

   • Mitsuyuki Tomiyoshi

   Pages 107-119Open Access

9. Evolutionary Populations for Sustainable Food Security and Food Sovereignty

   • Salvatore Ceccarelli, Stefania Grando, Maedeh Salimi, Khadija Razavi

   Pages 121-136Open Access

10. Adding Value to a Scottish Rye Landrace: Collaborative Research into New Artisanal Products

    • Stan Blackley, David McVey, Maria Scholten, Adam Veitch

    Pages 137-148Open Access

11. Inside the Japanese Seed Industry: Its Characteristics and Implications for Agroecology

    • Ayako Kawai

    Pages 149-159Open Access

12. Bhutan’s ‘Middle Way’: Diversification, Mainstreaming, Commodification and Impacts in the Context of Food Security

    • Mai Kobayashi

    Pages 161-173Open Access

13. The Third Way of Seed Governance: The Potential of the Seed Commoning in Japan

    • Norie Tamura

    Pages 175-188Open Access

14. Agroecology, Sovereignty and the Endogenous Development Perspective in Seed Governance and Management

    • Yoshiaki Nishikawa

    Pages 189-199Open Access

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
• seed governance
• food sustainability
• Food Sovereignty
• seeds
• symbiosis
• food governance
• community resilience
• seed management
• Open Access

• Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan

  Yoshiaki Nishikawa

• CAWR, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

  Michel Pimbert

Yoshiaki Nishikawa is Professor of Agricultural Economics and Resource Management in the Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University, established in 1639 based on the spirit of the true teaching of Pure Land Buddhism (Jodo Shinshu) in Kyoto, Japan. His research interests cover institutional aspects of crop genetic resources management, participatory agricultural research and inter-civic relations. 


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.