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1. 1. Policies of Yesterday Cultivating the Fields of Tomorrow : Changes and Continuities in the Ethiopian State’s Conceptualisations of LargeScale Farms, Smallholder Farmers, and the Role of the State within National Development Plans from 1950s to 2010s

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Jim Hagström; [2022]
   Keywords : Long-Term Agricultural Development; Food Regimes; Discourse Analysis; Multiple Temporalities; Ethiopia;

   Abstract : This thesis historicizes the conceptualisations of large-scale farms, smallholder farmers, and the role of the state in the Ethiopian national development plans from 1957 to 2015. It engages with the food regime framework in discussing the role of the state in contemporary agrarian change and places itself within the debate of the corporate food regime. READ MORE

3. 2. The Role of Human Rights and Agroecology at the UN Food Systems Summit : A Study of Food Security Discourse in Global Food Governance

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Erica Karlsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Food Security; UN Food Systems Summit; Human Rights; Agroecology;

   Abstract : The UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), held in September 2021, brought great expectations of a sustainable food systems transition in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It was, however, almost instantly criticised for failing to be transparent, implementing a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) and agroecological principles, and for not including the UN Committee of Food Security (CFS). READ MORE

4. 3. Community Supported Agriculture in Sweden and its transformative potential : A survey of farmers

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Tom Källgren; [2021]
   Keywords : Community Supported Agriculture; CSA; Andelsjordbruk; Alternative Food Networks; AFN; Sustainable agriculture;

   Abstract : Modern agriculture has made great strides in terms of efficiency, yields, and profits, but has come to be characterised by a large environmental impact and resource use, global transports, poor working conditions, and a lack of contact between producers and consumers. In response to these concerns, many different initiatives commonly referred to as Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have been established to solve some or all of these issues. READ MORE

5. 4. Framing Food Geographies : Framing analysis, food distancing, and the democratic imagination in rural and urban Ontario, Canada

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Sarah Ramsay; [2020]
   Keywords : framing analysis; democratic imagination; food distancing; food geographies; alternative food systems; virtual mapping.;

   Abstract : The current global food system is market-driven and depends on the exploitative commodification of our basic need to eat. It has been consistently condemned for its incapacity to account for justice, sustainability, welfare, and health. READ MORE

6. 5. Addressing Urban Food Security: Rural Bias and Food System Governance in Kenya and Tanzania

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Jelte Burfeind; [2019]
   Keywords : Urban food security; Food system governance; Corporate food regime; Rural bias; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The rapid urbanization of sub-Saharan countries such as Kenya and Tanzania poses new challenges for policy makers. Increasing rates of urban food insecurity are one of these challenges. This thesis investigates how the governments of Kenya and Tanzania address food security in relation to urban areas. READ MORE