دانلود کتاب Food Sovereignty and Urban Agriculture: Concepts, Politics, and Practice in South Africa

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Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Why food sovereignty in the city matters now Confronting the dominant agri-food system Urban agriculture, exclusion, and calls for food sovereignty Analytical framework: critical urban food perspective Research approach Overview of the book Notes References Chapter 2: Rethinking South Africa’s agri-food system: Notions of food sovereignty and urban agriculture South Africa’s commercialised agri-food system Food sovereignty in discourse: roots, actors, and challenges Initial challenges Incipient attempts towards food sovereignty Further endeavours and urban issues Notions of urban agriculture and introduction of the case study Kos en Fynbos Concluding remarks Notes References Chapter 3: Exposing marginalisation: Food and farming in the city Initial mobilisation Socio-economic backgrounds Different types of urban agriculture and microhistories Blanco Pacaltsdorp Thembalethu Organisation and cooperation Garden Route Botanical Garden George Herald George Municipality – Local Economic Development Unit Landmark Foundation Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, George Campus, Saasveld Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) in the Eden region Further actors: “moral supporters” and other donors Critical reflection of the prevailing nutrition landscape Concluding remarks Notes References Chapter 4: Proposing food sovereignty Local access to nutritious food Valuing food providers Farmer Support and Development Unit Local Economic Development Unit Unemployment and market access: the role of the informal sector Access to land Community knowledge and skills Biodiversity and connection to nature Concluding remarks Notes References Chapter 5: Politicising alternatives from below Uncovering political dimensions and rights to the city Growing food sovereignty across the rural–urban divide Creating changes within and beyond the existing system Concluding remarks Notes References Chapter 6: Conclusions: Urban South Africa and beyond Critical urban food perspective Lived realities of food producers at the urban margins Political dimensions and food producers’ agency Trajectories of food sovereignty and alliances References Index