Contending Visions of Agriculture in a Non-Agricultural State: Food Sovereignty in Singapore
(2018) In Journal of Globalization Studies 9(2).- Abstract
- What do calls for food sovereignty look like in a context with little agriculture and limited opportunities for resistance? Despite the small number of producers, the lack of overt resistance, and the absence of ties to the global food sovereignty movement, food activists in Singapore articulate a quiet but radical critique of how the state manages globalization. This critique contains elements of a food sovereignty movement in Singapore. This movement faces two sets of challenges. First, the state's control over resources allows for mainstream visions of agriculture to gain greater support and places food sovereignty activists at the mercy of government. Second, commercial pressures raise obstacles to making farming an attractive vocation... (More)
- What do calls for food sovereignty look like in a context with little agriculture and limited opportunities for resistance? Despite the small number of producers, the lack of overt resistance, and the absence of ties to the global food sovereignty movement, food activists in Singapore articulate a quiet but radical critique of how the state manages globalization. This critique contains elements of a food sovereignty movement in Singapore. This movement faces two sets of challenges. First, the state's control over resources allows for mainstream visions of agriculture to gain greater support and places food sovereignty activists at the mercy of government. Second, commercial pressures raise obstacles to making farming an attractive vocation or hobby for Singaporeans. This example provides a window onto subtle battles over the management of a society's entanglement in global production networks. (Less)
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- author
- Kim, Hyejin LU
- publishing date
- 2018-11-15
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Southeast Asia, food sovereignty, local agriculture, agricultural technology, global food industry
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- Journal of Globalization Studies
- volume
- 9
- issue
- 2
- publisher
- Uchitel Publishing House
- ISSN
- 2075-8103
- DOI
- 10.30884/jogs/2018.02.06
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- English
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- 716eed08-c8d4-4ac3-8420-37bb2253b8b3
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