Technoscientific Impact of Agriculture on Farmers' Seed Sovereignty
description: Thetechnoscientifictransformationintheagriculturesectorhassignificantlyaltered the traditional seed system that has profoundly affected the rights of the farmers. The evolution of biotechnology including genetically modified crops, gene editing, hybrid seeds protected under the Intellectual Property regime has reshaped the farmers right to seed sovereignty, sharing, saving and exchanging practices. In the Global South, there exist a wide spectrum of conflict between the technological advancement and the rights of farmers. In light of the above perspective, by tracing the historical shift from community based traditional seed knowledge to corporate based seed and patent technologies, this chapter critically analyzes the innovation perspective that undermined the indigenous practices and farmer led initiatives concerning seed sovereignty. Therefore, this chapter calls for a rights based and inclusiveapproachtowardstheagriculturalinnovationthatsafeguardsseeddiversity and traditional knowledge. Copyright 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing.
creator: Pandey, Ananya; Mishra, Achyuta Nanda
source: Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in the MENA Region;pp.313-335
publisher: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
date: 01-01-2026
rights: Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
relation: ISBN: 979-833733348-9; 979-833733346-5; 979-833733347-2;
language: English
type: Book chapter
coverage: Pandey A., Christ University, Bangalore, India; Mishra A.N., Christ University, Bangalore, India