Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion
Agroecology and Endogenous Development
Description:... Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- 1 Introduction: Thinking About Seeds -- 1.1 Diverse Seeds Under Threat -- 1.2 The Unprecedented Challenges Caused by Seed Extinctions -- 1.2.1 Growing Malnutrition and Food Insecurity -- 1.2.2 Unsustainable Food and Agricultural Systems -- 1.2.3 Loss of Ecosystem Functions, Goods and Services -- 1.3 The Politics of Seed Governance -- 1.3.1 Domesticated/Cultivated Seed Plants -- 1.3.2 Semi-Wild/Wild Seeded Plants -- 1.4 The Actors and Institutions Governing Seeds -- 1.4.1 The Prince: The State -- 1.4.2 The Merchant: Seed Corporations -- 1.4.3 The Citizen: Food Producers and Consumers -- References -- 2 Reclaiming Diverse Seed Commons Through Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Economies of Care -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Food Sovereignty and Seeds -- 2.3 Reinventing Modernity for Diverse Seed Commons -- 2.4 How Agroecology Sustains Seed Diversity -- 2.5 Reinventing an Economics of Care -- 2.5.1 Access to Land, Seeds, Water and Other Means of Production -- 2.5.2 Diverse Economies of Care for Diverse Seeds -- 2.6 Deepening Democracy -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Integration of Endogenous Development Theory into the Study of Seed Governance -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A Brief History of the Debates on Seed Systems -- 3.3 The Diversification of Debates on Seed Systems and Governance -- 3.4 Endogenous Development Theory: A 'Third System' for Understanding Development -- 3.5 Approaches to Exploring Seed Governance and Expanding Perspectives on Seed Sovereignty -- References -- 4 Indigenous Seed Systems and Biocultural Heritage: The Andean Potato Park's Approach to Seed Governance -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Indigenous Seed Systems as Biocultural Heritage -- 4.3 The Potato Park's Andean Seed System.
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