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Interesting essay from Anna Delgado.

Here’s the abstract:

“Seeds Heritage of the People at the Service of the Human kind”, under this slogan, in 2003 Via Campesina started international campaign of seeds. The MST (Movimento Sem Terra/Landless People Movement), has been the main partner of this campaign in Brazil. The campaign has pursuit a double goal: giving local farmers the control over their seeds and promoting in situ biodiversity conservation. In this paper, I will briefly explore the role of expertise in achieving that double goal. I will start by providing a historical background so that the audience has a view of the context in which Via Campesina’s campaign took place.”