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Easier said than defined? Conceptualising justice in food system transitions

emerge from the literature related to food system initiatives and which principles of justice do authors use? We developed an initial framework for which we drew on political philosophy literature. We then ... of this paper is to operationalise justice in the context of food system transitions that are enacted in real life, building on existing work from political philosophy, politics of justice in food and

African indigenous vegetables, gender, and the political economy of commercialization in Kenya

distributive effects of commercialization, this study conducts a political economy analysis building on conceptual work in feminist economics. It focuses the interrelationship between gender and the economy and ... analysis of economic processes to the political economy of the household, including both gender inequalities and other social inequalities. It draws attention to the weaknesses of neoclassical economics by

Structured analysis of broader GMO impacts inspired by technology assessment to inform policy decisions

broader considerations in political decision-making become more and more relevant. Against this backdrop, we identified the requirements and suggest the main elements for such a broader assessment. We use ... procedure. Member States can consider broader political considerations, including SEC, to inform their voting on market authorisation in the Standing Committee (cp. Mühlböck and Tosun 2018) . However, it is

Bringing together urban systems and food systems theory and research is overdue: understanding the relationships between food and nutrition infrastructures along a continuum of contested and hybrid access

research and policy. We draw in particular on work within wider urban political economy and political ecology that can be classified as part of the ‘infrastructural turn’ that is influential with urban ... how food is implicated within infrastructure assemblages, we draw on urban political ecology and other critical studies of urban systems to understand how such urban infrastructures function, i.e., the

What is culturally appropriate food consumption? A systematic literature review exploring six conceptual themes and their implications for sustainable food system transformation

main ways: either as a relatively static obstacle to be overcome, or as a dynamic and negotiated process. Both perspectives, we argue, entail different scientific, practical and political effects. Each ... , practical and political effects, and that both perspectives raise challenges and opportunities for efforts towards food system transformation. Rather than adjudicating between approaches we argue that both

Worldviews, values and perspectives towards the future of the livestock sector

The livestock sector is under increasing pressure to respond to numerous sustainability and health challenges related to the production and consumption of livestock products. However, political and ... , political and market barriers and conflicting worldviews and values across the environmental, socio-economic and political domains have led to considerable sector inertia, and government inaction. The

Genebanking plant genetic resources in the postgenomic era

further embrace the moral, ethical and ultimately political principles on which they were built. Repurposing genebanks as decentralised digital biocentres could help relocate capabilities and stewardship ... benefits from state-of-the-art tools of modern plant breeding may allow bridging the breeding divide. However, to accomplish such a paradigm shift, genebanks require a strong political mandate that must

Bt cotton, pink bollworm, and the political economy of sociobiological obsolescence: insights from Telangana, India

farmers that lead to severe losses in yield and income. Using the vulnerability concept as a framework, we embed our findings in a political-economic context by drawing on Harvey’s notion of accumulation by ... provide such a reassessment by means of a political-economic discussion of the recent technological failure of Bt cotton in India. Therefore, we follow Flachs (2019a), who postulates a lack of critical

The art of Buddhist connectivity: Organic rice farming in Thailand

philosophy in the developing world and the governance of the GPNs of organic rice. ... to address the research question, this article draws on the literature on “food philosophy” ( Schösler et al. 2013 ). While Schösler et al. examine organic consumption patterns with an emphasis on

A one-sided love affair? On the potential for a coalition between degrowth and community-supported agriculture in Germany

ideologies and political strategies of the two movements are not aligned, which manifests in their main frames and action repertoires, among other areas, which are articulated at different levels of ... compare both movements' ideological and strategic alignment, as well as the conducive and/or hindering factors for coalition building. We find that the ideologies and political strategies of the two

Power to the people? Food democracy initiatives’ contributions to democratic goods

ends with a plea to better connect food democracy scholarship with the broader political sciences, as well as various suggestions for future research. ... liberalist assumptions may actually be at the root of many societal woes. Connecting democratic innovation scholarship with alternative schools of political philosophy, such as communitarianism or

In the shadow of state-led agrarian reforms: smallholder pervasiveness in rural China

mountainous regions of Hubei province and the local political economy. An analysis of data from a 2019 survey of 266 households and interviews with villagers, agribusiness executives, cooperative leaders, and ... , we analyse the livelihood strategies of the orange growers in our study villages, particularly their engagement with local NAOs. Next, we analyse the impact of rural reforms on the local political 4

Assembling agroecological socio-natures: a political ecology analysis of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Rosario, Argentina

Program), Municipalidad de Rosario UA Urban agriculture UPE Urban political ecology 1 International Studies and Spanish, University of North Carolina at Charlotte , 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC ... assemblages. Agroecology; Argentina; Assemblages; Urban political ecology - Accepted: 15 July 2021 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2021 Introduction Urban agriculture needs

“Whose demand?” The co-construction of markets, demand and gender in development-oriented crop breeding

using perspectives from political agronomy and feminist science and technology studies. By conceptualising the market as an ongoing, relational performance made up of discourses, practices and human and ... , but also to the nonhuman actors, such as the crops and traits falling outside the market sphere of interest. By putting political agronomy and feminist science and technology studies into conversation

Who should feed hungry families during crisis? Moral claims about hunger on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic

pandemic. This analysis finds that Twitter users chiefly adopted hunger as a political tool to make moral claims on the state rather than individuals, civil society organizations, or corporations; however ... culture and morality operate in times of crisis. It demonstrates how culture can be deployed in crisis to reinforce longstanding ideological commitments at the same time that it organizes political

Improving the agri-food biotechnology conversation: bridging science communication with science and technology studies

conflict-mediation, stakeholder engagement, and political philosophy can provide useful guidance on this topic. Taken as a whole, the literature suggests a suite of principles focused on the structures of ... dialogue with diverse publics (Ahteensu 2012; Lang et al. 2003; National Academies 2017) . Scholars in STS have taken a decidedly different tack, focusing primarily on the social and political contexts

Small farmers, big tech: agrarian commerce and knowledge on Myanmar Facebook

only to exchange market or planting information, but also to interact in ways structured by existing social, political and economic relations. More broadly, my analysis builds on insights from STS and ... repair. Existing scholarship on digital agriculture often associates agritech with powerful forces of either modernization or exploitation, attributed to the intentions of designers or the political

“No one is talking about food”: making agriculture a “business” in Ghana

. Ultimately, I argue that a focus on discourse not only provides insight into how AGRA conceptualizes agricultural transformation, but also how AGRA pursues agronomic, political, and social changes in the ... images and ideas in support of achieving specific, material ends. Representations of farmers “are actively mobilized by other actors in support of their ambitions” and “reveal the political work that

Kumusha and masalads: (inter)generational foodways and urban food security in Zimbabwe

frameworks has often obscured the socio-cultural dimension of foodways and the historical and political structures that have shaped, and continue to shape, everyday relationships with food among different ... preindependence middle-aged generation (aged 43 to 65). Findings show that foodways of the three generations, each having experienced Zimbabwe's (post-)colonial political economy in different ways, are negotiated

How the social dignity of recipients is violated and protected across various forms of food aid in high-income countries: a scoping review

food insecurity is a significant public health concern in high-income countries (Loopstra 2018) . Until governments address the socio-economic and political factors which perpetuate poverty in high ... , which are: opportunities for participation, educational programs, and political activities. As described with regards to social interactions when receiving food aid, participation of food aid receivers