Flux, unrelenting - the struggle for local seed sovereignty in Nicaragua

Most farmers are not activists. They make, however, their own sense of the world and act - sometimes quite stubbornly - according to that sense given, grasping what they perceive as opportunities, and protecting what they feel as essential for their livelihood. Political projects for Nicaraguan soci...

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Published inThe Journal of peasant studies Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 720 - 740
Main Author Müller, Birgit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 06.06.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Subjects
Activism
Corporate strategies
Creativity
Environmental Sciences
Farmers
Food
food sovereignty
Foreign policy
Grasping
Green Revolution
Humanities and Social Sciences
intellectual property
Legislation
Livelihood
Policy making
Seed activism
Sovereignty
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Summary:Most farmers are not activists. They make, however, their own sense of the world and act - sometimes quite stubbornly - according to that sense given, grasping what they perceive as opportunities, and protecting what they feel as essential for their livelihood. Political projects for Nicaraguan society, international policy-making, corporate strategies and imperial ambitions engage with and affect the varieties grown locally. The article analyses the creativity and political potential, as well as the contradictions and inconsistencies of the quotidian practice of seed saving under extreme constraint in light of the major struggles about Nicaraguan seed legislation.
ISSN:0306-6150
1743-9361
DOI:10.1080/03066150.2020.1738395