Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development

Seed system development in the developing world, especially in Africa, has become a political space. This article analyzes current Ethiopian seed politics in light of the historical dynamics of national and international seed system politics and developments. Drawing on multiple power analysis appro...

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Autor principal:	Teshome Hunduma Mulesa
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	seed politics seed regime power analysis pluralistic seed systems 4D pathways approach Ethiopia Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5a94717d53e54cc2b981652f9520d4e52021-11-10T06:54:06ZPolitics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development2571-581X10.3389/fsufs.2021.742001https://doaj.org/article/5a94717d53e54cc2b981652f9520d4e52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.742001/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2571-581XSeed system development in the developing world, especially in Africa, has become a political space. This article analyzes current Ethiopian seed politics in light of the historical dynamics of national and international seed system politics and developments. Drawing on multiple power analysis approaches and employing the lens of “international seed regimes,” the article characterizes the historical pattern of seed regimes in Ethiopia. While colonial territories underwent three historical seed regime patterns—the first colonial seed regime, the second post-WWII public seed regime, and the third post-1980s corporate-based neoliberal seed regime, Ethiopia has only experienced one of these. Until the 1950s, when the first US government's development assistance program—the Point 4 Program—enabled the second government-led seed regime to emerge, the farmers' seed systems remained the only seed innovation and supply system. The first colonial seed regime never took hold as the country remained uncolonized, and the government has hitherto resisted the third corporate-based neoliberal seed regime. In the current conjuncture in the contemporary Ethiopian seed regime, four different approaches to pluralistic seed system development are competing: (1) government-led formalization, (2) private-led formalization, (3) farmer-based localization, and (4) community-based integrative seed system developments. The Pluralistic Seed System Development Strategy (PSSDS) from 2013 is a uniquely diverse approach to seed system development internationally; however, it has yet to realize its equity and sustainability potential. This study shows that the agricultural modernization dependency and government-led formal seed systems development have sidelined opportunities to tap into the strength of other alternatives identified in the PSSDS. In conclusion, an integrative and inclusive seed sector is possible if the government takes leadership and removes the current political, organizational, and economic barriers for developing a truly pluralistic seed system.Teshome Hunduma MulesaFrontiers Media S.A.articleseed politicsseed regimepower analysispluralistic seed systems4D pathways approachEthiopiaNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Food processing and manufactureTP368-456ENFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 5 (2021)
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description	Seed system development in the developing world, especially in Africa, has become a political space. This article analyzes current Ethiopian seed politics in light of the historical dynamics of national and international seed system politics and developments. Drawing on multiple power analysis approaches and employing the lens of “international seed regimes,” the article characterizes the historical pattern of seed regimes in Ethiopia. While colonial territories underwent three historical seed regime patterns—the first colonial seed regime, the second post-WWII public seed regime, and the third post-1980s corporate-based neoliberal seed regime, Ethiopia has only experienced one of these. Until the 1950s, when the first US government's development assistance program—the Point 4 Program—enabled the second government-led seed regime to emerge, the farmers' seed systems remained the only seed innovation and supply system. The first colonial seed regime never took hold as the country remained uncolonized, and the government has hitherto resisted the third corporate-based neoliberal seed regime. In the current conjuncture in the contemporary Ethiopian seed regime, four different approaches to pluralistic seed system development are competing: (1) government-led formalization, (2) private-led formalization, (3) farmer-based localization, and (4) community-based integrative seed system developments. The Pluralistic Seed System Development Strategy (PSSDS) from 2013 is a uniquely diverse approach to seed system development internationally; however, it has yet to realize its equity and sustainability potential. This study shows that the agricultural modernization dependency and government-led formal seed systems development have sidelined opportunities to tap into the strength of other alternatives identified in the PSSDS. In conclusion, an integrative and inclusive seed sector is possible if the government takes leadership and removes the current political, organizational, and economic barriers for developing a truly pluralistic seed system.
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title	Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development
title_short	Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development
title_full	Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development
title_fullStr	Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development
title_full_unstemmed	Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development
title_sort	politics of seed in ethiopia's agricultural transformation: pathways to seed system development
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Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development

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