Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion : : Agroecology and Endogenous Development.

• Author: Nishikawa, Yoshiaki.
• TeilnehmendeR: Pimbert, Michel.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- 1 Introduction: Thinking About Seeds -- 1.1 Diverse Seeds Under Threat -- 1.2 The Unprecedented Challenges Caused by Seed Extinctions -- 1.2.1 Growing Malnutrition and Food Insecurity -- 1.2.2 Unsustainable Food and Agricultural Systems -- 1.2.3 Loss of Ecosystem Functions, Goods and Services -- 1.3 The Politics of Seed Governance -- 1.3.1 Domesticated/Cultivated Seed Plants -- 1.3.2 Semi-Wild/Wild Seeded Plants -- 1.4 The Actors and Institutions Governing Seeds -- 1.4.1 The Prince: The State -- 1.4.2 The Merchant: Seed Corporations -- 1.4.3 The Citizen: Food Producers and Consumers -- References -- 2 Reclaiming Diverse Seed Commons Through Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Economies of Care -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Food Sovereignty and Seeds -- 2.3 Reinventing Modernity for Diverse Seed Commons -- 2.4 How Agroecology Sustains Seed Diversity -- 2.5 Reinventing an Economics of Care -- 2.5.1 Access to Land, Seeds, Water and Other Means of Production -- 2.5.2 Diverse Economies of Care for Diverse Seeds -- 2.6 Deepening Democracy -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Integration of Endogenous Development Theory into the Study of Seed Governance -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A Brief History of the Debates on Seed Systems -- 3.3 The Diversification of Debates on Seed Systems and Governance -- 3.4 Endogenous Development Theory: A 'Third System' for Understanding Development -- 3.5 Approaches to Exploring Seed Governance and Expanding Perspectives on Seed Sovereignty -- References -- 4 Indigenous Seed Systems and Biocultural Heritage: The Andean Potato Park's Approach to Seed Governance -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Indigenous Seed Systems as Biocultural Heritage -- 4.3 The Potato Park's Andean Seed System.

4.4 The Ayllu System of Andean Seed Governance -- 4.5 Enriching Seed Heritage: Potato Repatriation and the Inter-Community Agreement -- 4.6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- 5 The Diversity of Seed-Saving Governance and Sharing Systems in contemporary Japan -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Traditional Farmers -- 5.3 Non-Traditional Local Community Members -- 5.4 Organic Farmers -- 5.5 Lifestyle Farmers -- 5.6 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 6 Seed System Dynamics and Crop Diversity of Chinbaung in Myanmar -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Chinbaung Diversity: Cultivation and Use -- 6.3 How Farmers Use Chinbaung Seeds in Cultivation -- 6.4 Cultivation and Seed Procurement Methods in Relation to Flooding -- 6.5 Relationship Between Seed Distribution and the Shwe Kyun Pin Nat Festival -- 6.6 The Role of Poe Yon, a Distinctive Stakeholder -- 6.7 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Organizations and Functions for Seed Management in East Asia: Korea, Japan and Taiwan -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Function of Non-Profits in Seed Conservation -- 7.3 Seed-Conservation Non-Profits in Japan -- 7.3.1 Home Seed Production -- 7.3.2 Seed Collection and Conservation -- 7.3.3 Seed Provision -- 7.3.4 Food Processing and Sale -- 7.3.5 Networking -- 7.4 Non-Profits and Similar Organizations in South Korea -- 7.5 Non-Profits in Taiwan -- 7.5.1 Warren Kuo and His Networks -- 7.5.2 Hope Market -- 7.6 Comparison of the Three Countries and Regions -- 7.7 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Evolutionary Populations for Sustainable Food Security and Food Sovereignty -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Bringing Back Diversity in Farmers' Fields: Participatory Plant Breeding -- 8.3 From Participatory to Evolutionary Plant Breeding -- 8.4 The Evolutionary Populations in Iran -- 8.5 Smart Food from Iran's Evolutionary Populations -- 8.6 Evolutionary Populations in Other Countries.

8.7 Conclusions -- References -- 9 Adding Value to a Scottish Rye Landrace: Collaborative Research into New Artisanal Products -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Seed Sources and Seed Governance in the Highlands and Islands -- 9.3 Lochaber's Demand for New Rye Landraces -- 9.4 Project Aims and Research Questions -- 9.4.1 The Chosen Locations -- 9.4.2 The Growing Trial in Lochaber -- 9.4.3 Sensory Qualities, Nutritional Value and Product Testing -- 9.5 Conclusions -- References -- 10 Inside the Japanese Seed Industry: Its Characteristics and Implications for Agroecology -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Characteristics of the Japanese Seed Industry -- 10.3 Small Seed Companies and Agroecology in Japan -- 10.4 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 11 Bhutan's 'Middle Way': Diversification, Mainstreaming, Commodification and Impacts in the Context of Food Security -- 11.1 Introduction and Background -- 11.2 A Country in Search of Its Own Path -- 11.3 Diversification of Crop Production -- 11.4 Mainstreaming and Commodification -- 11.5 Conclusion -- References -- 12 The Third Way of Seed Governance: The Potential of the Seed Commoning in Japan -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Japan's Formal Seed System and Its Turbulent History -- 12.3 Critical Perspectives on the Public Seed System for Major Crops -- 12.4 Seed Commons Practices Outside the Public Seed System -- 12.5 Envisioning a Future of Seed "Commoning" -- References -- 13 Agroecology, Sovereignty and the Endogenous Development Perspective in Seed Governance and Management -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Agroecological Framing of Seed Governance Debates -- 13.3 Putting Farmers First in Seed Governance and Management -- 13.4 The Seed Commons and Endogenous Development -- 13.5 Integrating Agroecology and Food Sovereignty into Seed Governance and Rural Development Realities -- References.