More than a resource - the social significance of local seed systems and seed exchange in the Global South - The example of Tanzania (Paperback, 1st ed. 2023)

Seeds are at the heart of a transformation process that affects more than two billion people worldwide. This study on smallholder farmers in Tanzania examines how local seed systems are anchored in the socio-cultural structures of smallholder life worlds. Using the example of seeds, the close interweaving of agricultural and social practice is traced and it is worked out how individual processes of modernisation brought in from outside have far-reaching consequences for smallholder coexistence. The study provides a concrete, detailed and differentiated account of everyday farming life and of how smallholder households deal with seeds. A particular focus is on seed exchange relationships and how these provide both social security and social cohesion in the study region. The study is based on extensive field research and intensive interviews with farmers, who also have their own say in the work.

General

Imprint:	Springer vs
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Jonas Metzger
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	185
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-658-40010-1
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-658-40010-2
Barcode:	9783658400101

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