Les semences entre critique et expérience: les ressorts pratiques d’une contestation paysanne

Élise Demeulenaere
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Élise Demeulenaere: CNRS, UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie, F-75005 Paris, France

Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement, 2013, vol. 94, issue 4, 421-442

Abstract: [paper in French]In the wake of the anti-GMO struggles of the nineties and the toughening of seed laws, the;2000s saw the emergence of a farmers’ movement dedicated to the reappropriation of seeds. Spanning over;a 10 year period, the paper looks at the movement’s drivers and its transformations. The reappropriation;by a group of farmers of seeds takes root in a critical discourse towards agricultural modernity, which;translates into 3 dimensions – the rejection of modern plant breeding techniques, opposition to the subaltern;position of farmers, denunciation of the instrumental relationship between industrial farming and nature.;Yet the movement has also enriched itself and been fashioned by a direct engagement with plants. This;case study contributes to a better understanding of the ongoing ecologisation of agriculture. Moreover;it provides a comprehensive illustration of a protest movement that is altered by the very object that it;contributes to shape.

Keywords: sélection variétale; semences; paysan; nature; biodiversité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q0 Q10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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