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Governing food and agriculture in a warming world

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posted on 2023-06-09, 08:27 authored by Peter NewellPeter Newell, Olivia TaylorOlivia Taylor, Charles Touni
In order to understand, how, why and whether the trade-offs and tensions around simultaneous implementation of the SDGs are resolved in ways which are both sustainable and equitable requires an appreciation of power relations across multiple scales of governance. We explore the politics and political economy of how the nexus around food-energy and water is being governed through initiatives to promote ‘climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA) as it moves from the global to the local. We combine analysis of how these interrelationships are being governed (and ungoverned) by key global institutions with reflection upon the consequences of this for developing countries that are being targeted by CSA initiatives. In particular, we look at Kenya as a country heavily dependent on agriculture, but also subject to some of the worst effects of climate change, and which has been targeted by a range of bilateral and multilateral donors with their preferred vision of CSA. We draw on strands of literature in global environmental politics (GEPs), political ecology and the political economy of development to make sense of the power dynamics which characterize the multi-scalar politics of how CSA is translated, domesticated and operationalized in practice.

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Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

Global Environmental Politics

ISSN

1526-3800

Publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press

Issue

2

Volume

18

Page range

53-71

Department affiliated with

  • International Relations Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Centre for Global Political Economy Publications
  • Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-10-26

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-11-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-11-01

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