Essays about: "Food Sovereignty Movement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Food Sovereignty Movement.

  1. 1. The new Italian take on food sovereignty : a discourse analysis of food sovereignty in different contexts

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Diana Gafur; [2024]
    Keywords : food sovereignty; discourse theory; discourse analysis; chain of equivalence; nodal point; La Via Campesina; Italian Government; sustainability;

    Abstract : This research is investigating the Italian Government’s use of the food sovereignty discourse. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the semantic term and how its meaning changes in different contexts. Food sovereignty was originally coined by the “peasant movement” called La Via Campesina. READ MORE

  3. 2. We Are the Solution: Seed Sovereignty, Local Knowledge Systems and Women’s Liberation Through Rice Farming in Southern Senegal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Na Haby Stella Faye; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The system of capitalist agriculture increasingly shows its social, economic and ecological failures. Some of the alternatives are based on food and seed sovereignty. However, the knowledge systems underlying seed saving practices, especially in the West African context, have been overlooked. READ MORE

  4. 3. Egenproducerad mat är suveränt! : en studie om Nya gröna vågens småbrukare, den rådande matregimen, prefigurativism och matsuveränitet

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Henrik Carl William Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Nya gröna vågen; självförsörjningsinriktad matproduktion; matsuveränitet; matregim; matsystem; prefigurativt politiskt handlande; småbrukare;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats undersöker vilka motiv och drivkrafter som ligger till grund för den Nya gröna vågens självförsörjningsinriktade matproduktion och hur dessa kommer till uttryck i praktiken. Uppsatsen undersöker hur dessa småbrukares agerande kan beskrivas som prefigurativt politiskt handlande i förhållande till den rådande matregimen och slutligen om och hur dessa småbrukares berättelser och agerande kan beskrivas inneha viss resonans med matsuveränitet som koncept och politisk vision. READ MORE

  5. 4. Regenerative agriculture : a contested open moment

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Rickard Hedling; [2022]
    Keywords : regenerative agriculture; alternative food networks; food sovereignty; political ecology; discourse food systems;

    Abstract : Agriculture is both heavily impacted by climate change and responsible for greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. Transitioning towards more sustainable agricultural practices is therefore imperative and requires new ways of thinking about agricultural knowledge and technologies. READ MORE

  6. 5. To fight for collective food security and social dignity : the role of participation in a community-based organization in shaping community food security: a qualitative analysis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Linnea Plez; [2022]
    Keywords : community; community food security; community-based organization; participation;

    Abstract : The numerous downsides of the global food system lead alternative food systems to try to find other ways to produce and distribute food in rural and urban settings worldwide. Many of these alternatives have been criticized for not considering food injustices which are commonly based on systemic social injustice. READ MORE