Accumulation by dispossession and African seeds
Colonial Institutions Trump Seed Business Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2157677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lodewijk Van Dycke (KU Leuven, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 954-985 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066150.2021.1955677 |
| OpenAlex | W3197466952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 67 |
Since 1980, seed business law (patent law vis-à-vis agrobiotechnology, PVP law and seed laws) has been mainstreamed in the global South. Observers maintain that seed business law can lead to dispossession of farmers. I analyse legislation, statistics and case studies (Senegal, Burkina Faso), and argue that in African LDCs, dispossession primarily takes place through capturing seed markets via institutions for direct control over seed distribution. Domestic elites and (global) seed businesses preferably control germplasm via marketing boards, seed subsidies and other former colonial rural institutions. Seed business law, therefore, remains largely disused
Business · Colonialism · Commercial law · Distribution (mathematics · Economics · Legislation · Political science · Subsidy · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Law
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |