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View article: Analysis of the peasants’ livelihood strategies in the Paute basin of Ecuador
Analysis of the peasants’ livelihood strategies in the Paute basin of Ecuador Open
The article analyses the livelihood of peasant farmers in the rural area of three parishes in the Paute basin in Ecuador. First, the article presents the gathered empirical data of the study sites, respectively the Pichacay in the Santa An…
View article: Drafting a Law, Dissolving a Proposal: Food Sovereignty and the State in Ecuador
Drafting a Law, Dissolving a Proposal: Food Sovereignty and the State in Ecuador Open
Upon being sworn in as the 56th Ecuadorian President on 15 January 2007, Rafael Correa immediately convened, through a referendum, a National Constituent Assembly to draw up a new constitution. One of the concerns of the assembly was to tr…
View article: Rights or ability: Access to plant genetic resources in India
Rights or ability: Access to plant genetic resources in India Open
The difficulties that stakeholders face in accessing plant genetic resources have been a concern of many scholars since the introduction of intellectual property rights. One of these issues is that of access, which is mostly approached fro…
View article: Understanding the emergence of a hybrid knowledge production discourse: The case of the Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) drought tolerant rice research in India
Understanding the emergence of a hybrid knowledge production discourse: The case of the Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) drought tolerant rice research in India Open
Highlights• We study knowledge production process of GCP rice research partnership in India.• GCP partnership has been built in a bottom-up and institutionally pluralistic way.• GCP research partnership is non-hierarchical and decentralise…
View article: Diverse agri-food practices and their transformative potentials
Diverse agri-food practices and their transformative potentials Open
There is an upheaval in reconsidering the socio-cultural dimensions of "agri-culture" as resources for creating alternative geographies of food. At the same time discourses returned to reactivate a productivity agenda stressing the need of…
View article: Development of the drought tolerant variety Sahbhagi Dhan: exploring the concepts commons and community building
Development of the drought tolerant variety Sahbhagi Dhan: exploring the concepts commons and community building Open
The concept of commons is often understood to refer to resources shared among a group of people. The resources are typically classified by binaries such as (non-)natural, (non-)rival and (non-)substractable, and the analytical focus is pla…
View article: Repossession through sharing of and access to seeds: different cases and practices
Repossession through sharing of and access to seeds: different cases and practices Open
Seeds are both the means and product of agricultural production. The corporate appropriation of seeds affects farmers' autonomy and has been contested and resisted by farmers worldwide through practices of repossession. This article invest…
View article: Fitomejoramiento y racionalidad social: los efectos no intencionales de la liberación de una semilla de lupino (<i>Lupinus mutabilis Sweet</i>) en Ecuador
Fitomejoramiento y racionalidad social: los efectos no intencionales de la liberación de una semilla de lupino (<i>Lupinus mutabilis Sweet</i>) en Ecuador Open
This article looks at how the generation of a cultivar may have unintended results forged as a plant breeding project is conceived and organized. Specifically, we investigate how a social rationality immersed in the scientific programs of …
View article: The Role of Convenience in Fast Food Consumption in Urban Ghana
The Role of Convenience in Fast Food Consumption in Urban Ghana Open
View article: Street-Vended Local Foods Transformation: Case of Hausa Koko, Waakye and Ga Kenkey in Urban Ghana
Street-Vended Local Foods Transformation: Case of Hausa Koko, Waakye and Ga Kenkey in Urban Ghana Open
People in Ghana accept various dishes as national foods that originally, were consumed in particular regions and among particular ethnic groups. These foods form part of the national culture and are developed through several processes. Nat…
View article: Technological Mediation and Power: Postphenomenology, Critical Theory, and Autonomist Marxism
Technological Mediation and Power: Postphenomenology, Critical Theory, and Autonomist Marxism Open
View article: Street-Vended Local Food Systems Actors Perceptions on Safety in Urban Ghana: The Case of Hausa &lt;i&gt;Koko&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Waakye&lt;/i&gt; and Ga &lt;i&gt;Kenkey&lt;/i&gt;
Street-Vended Local Food Systems Actors Perceptions on Safety in Urban Ghana: The Case of Hausa <i>Koko</i>, <i>Waakye</i> and Ga <i>Kenkey</i> Open
Safe foods are those that do not cause any harm after their consumption. Food safety and its relationship with public health are of major concern to many people, especially, because of foods susceptibility to contamination. Literature on l…