God and landAgriculture and Human Values - Tập 2 - Trang 16-27 - 1985
M. Douglas Meeks
Food sovereignty policies and the quest to democratize food system governance in NicaraguaAgriculture and Human Values - Tập 38 - Trang 91-105 - 2020
Wendy Godek
This article explores the question of the efficacy of state-level food sovereignty projects for democratizing local control over food systems by examining the case of Nicaragua, where the Ortega administration (2007–present) adopted food sovereignty into policy. The main task of food sovereignty is to transform the power relations that govern food systems. This article builds on the previous work ...... hiện toàn bộ
Utilization of durum wheat landraces in East Shewa, central Ethiopia: Are home uses an incentive for on-farm conservation?Agriculture and Human Values - Tập 24 - Trang 219-230 - 2007
Bayush Tsegaye, Trygve Berg
The study was conducted in East Shewa, central Ethiopia, where durum wheat landraces were once popular, but were displaced and re-introduced. Combinations of survey techniques are employed to document the different home uses of durum wheat landraces and to assess whether these serve as an incentive to on-farm conservation. The findings reveal that wheat landraces have multiple dietary and sociocul...... hiện toàn bộ
Oases of the Baja California peninsula as sacred spaces of agrobiodiversity persistenceAgriculture and Human Values - - 2015
Rafael de Grenade, Gary Paul Nabhan, Micheline Cariño Olvera
Oases have served as sacred landscapes and sources of ritual plants in arid regions of the Old and New Worlds. We evaluate the Jesuit mission oases of the Baja California peninsula (Mexico) for their role in agrobiodiversity persistence, and extend theories of sacred landscapes and biodiversity conservation to agricultural species and practices. Jesuit missionaries on the peninsula (1697–1768) int...... hiện toàn bộ
Water quality concerns and the public policy contextAgriculture and Human Values - Tập 6 - Trang 12-20 - 1989
Keith M. Moore
National water quality concerns are creating momentum for legislation that takes a proactive stance toward agricultural practices involving agrichemicals. In response, the Environmental Protection Agency has asked the states to design appropriate non-point source pollution policies. This article examines the issues involved in two ways. First, it reviews the literature on previous conservation pol...... hiện toàn bộ
Integrating food security into public health and provincial government departments in British Columbia, CanadaAgriculture and Human Values - Tập 30 - Trang 457-470 - 2013
Barbara Seed, Tim Lang, Martin Caraher, Aleck Ostry
Food security policy, programs, and infrastructure have been incorporated into Public Health and other areas of the Provincial Government in British Columbia, including the adoption of food security as a Public Health Core Program. A policy analysis of the integration into Public Health is completed by merging findings from 48 key informant interviews conducted with government, civil society, and ...... hiện toàn bộ