‘Quiet Food Sovereignty’ as Food Sovereignty without a Movement? Insights from Post-socialist Russia

Abstract

What does food sovereignty look like in settings where rural social movements are weak or non-existent, such as in countries with post-socialist, semi-authoritarian regimes? Focusing on Russia, we present a divergent form of food sovereignty. Building on the concept of ‘quiet sustainability’, we present a dispersed, muted, but clearly bottom-up variant we term ‘quiet food sovereignty’. In the latter, the role of the very productive smallholdings is downplayed by the state and partly by the smallholders themselves. Those smallholdings are not seen as an alternative to industrial agriculture, but subsidiary to it (although superior in terms of sociality and healthy, environmentally friendly produce). As such, ‘quiet food sovereignty’ deviates from the overt struggle frequently associated with food sovereignty. We discuss the prospects of ‘quiet food sovereignty’ to develop into a full food sovereignty movement, and stress the importance of studying implicit everyday forms of food sovereignty.     

Translating the Politics of Food Sovereignty: Digging into Contradictions,Uncovering New Dimensions

Abstract

Food sovereignty, as a movement and a set of ideas, is coming of age. Rooted in resistance to free trade and the globalizing force of neoliberalism, the concept has inspired collective action across the world. We examine what has changed since food sovereignty first emerged on the international scene and reflect on insight from new terrain where the movement has expanded. We argue that to advance the theory and practice of food sovereignty, new frameworks and analytical methods are needed to move beyond binaries—between urban and rural, gender equality and the family farm, trade and localism, and autonomy and engagement with the state. A research agenda in food sovereignty must not shy away from the rising contradictions in and challenges to the movement. The places of seeming contradiction may in fact be where the greatest insights are to be found. We suggest that by taking a relational perspective, scholars can begin to draw insight into the challenges and sticking points of food sovereignty by training their lens on shifts in the global food regime, on the efforts to construct sovereignty at multiple scales, and on the points of translation where food sovereignty is articulated through historical memory, identity, and everyday life.     

Ingesting the organization: The embodiment of organizational food rituals

This exploratory paper asks: ‘how do organizational food and drink rituals shape, reflect or create organizational culture?’ Adopting an embodied approach based on Merleau-Ponty's [1945. Phenomenology of Perception. Translated by C. Smith, 2003. London: Penguin. New York: Routledge] phenomenological work, this paper explores the significance of food-based rituals. Data were collected from different organizations using mixed methods and an embodied, reflexive approach – which is relatively novel in organizational research. Embodied experiences are potent, and this paper proposes that workplace food and drink rituals can powerfully influence perceptions of organizational culture. The unique contribution is in showing how embodied organizational rituals create and sustain organizational culture by using the pre-reflective moment of food ingestion to shape cognitive reconstructions of organizational culture. However, food rituals can be controlled and shaped by the organization to specifically influence employee perceptions of organizational culture. Control of food rituals can be perceived as a deliberate effort to create a constructive culture and encourage reciprocity through employee loyalty and effort.     

农产品生产主体质量安全多重认证行为研究

叠加认证能显著提升消费者对食品质量安全的信任程度和额外支付意愿。采用专业大户、合作社和龙头企业三类现代农业生产经营主体的数据,利用Heckman两阶段选择模型分析浙江省食用农产品生产主体的质量安全多重认证行为后发现,生产主体的多重认证行为除受生产主体的经营规模、人力资本、自有品牌状况等个体特征与市场结构特征显著影响外,还受到市场激励、主体责任压力和交易成本的显著影响。总体而言,生产主体的质量安全认证行为是在自身能力及环境约束下的成本收益权衡,生产主体的质量安全多重认证行为更主要是受市场激励和主体内在责任的驱动,而非政府的规制压力。     

“墨菜”诗画的文化内涵及其现实意义——从《论语》“疏食”歧解谈起

“墨菜”图与传统的“蔬食”观念一脉相承,它以诗画结合的方式道出了传统知识分子特殊的情结与信念:安贫乐道、淡泊自守的隐逸情操;躬耕田亩、摘蔬侑酒的田园情趣;不为物役、淡中至味的哲理体悟;咬定菜根、百事可成的笃定精神以及心怀天下、体恤民生的社会责任感.“墨菜”诗画所蕴含的文化内涵在当下仍具有积极意义.     

风险条件下农户对粮食补贴政策的预期及其行为反应——基于粮食主产区农户的调研

粮食补贴政策通过农户生产行为实现其政策传导,那么,在农业生产风险条件下,农户的风险偏好和政策预期是否影响到粮食补贴政策的作用发挥?基于粮食主产区农户的调研数据,将行为经济学的实验性测试分析方法运用于农户行为研究,分析不同风险偏好农户对补贴政策的预期和行为反应。研究结果显示:农户对粮食补贴政策的认知、态度及其风险偏好通过农户的政策预期作用到农户种粮决策行为,且农户的风险偏好和生产行为决策出现了"效用不一致"的现象,风险规避型农户对粮食补贴政策的预期相对较强,有更强烈的稳定粮食生产的预期,据此提出粮食补贴政策设计时应该考虑农户风险偏好特征,将风险规避型农户的粮食生产激励政策放在首要地位,稳定和刺激粮食生产发展。     

道教斋醮礼仪中的养生意蕴

"斋"的养生意蕴浓厚而直接,要求克制欲望,遵守生活和修行禁忌,心斋、坐忘、存思等内斋,本就是通过心灵作用调节生理机能进行养生的过程;"醮"则直接或间接地折射出道教特色的养生思维。从施咒者大多祈求被咒者健康平安的出发点来看,施咒和咒语本身都具有很浓厚的养生意图。符箓是传达天神意旨的符信,可以用来召神劾鬼,降妖镇魔,治病除灾,既体现着道教养生重生思想,又有着道教医学层面的治疗意义。     

推进地方食品监管大部制改革的组织现状及完善对策——基于贵州省的调查

食品监管大部制改革在地方推进中面临诸多困难与障碍,特别是西部欠发达地区。通过对地方食品监管大部制改革中组织现状的实地调查,从机构及职能部门设置、职责界定及划分、组织协调机制、组织保障能力等层面,对地方食品监管组织进行了纵向与横向比较,分析了目前地方食品监管组织存在的结构不合理、职责划分不清与职能分工不科学、协调机制不完善与协调方式单一、人员及经费保障能力弱等问题,最后从完善地方立法进程,推进监管机构渐进式改革与职能整合,促进监管职责科学界定及职能转变、完善组织协调机制并推动协调方式创新、加强保障能力建设等,探讨了推进地方食品监管大部制改革的组织完善对策。     

城镇化对农地利用强度的影响

以武汉城市圈为案例区,采用固定效应模型从经济城镇化、土地城镇化、社会城镇化、人口城镇化等方面定量分析了城镇化对农地利用强度的影响.结果表明:经济城镇化、土地城镇化、社会城镇化、人口城镇化对农地利用强度均具有显著的影响;人均GDP对农地利用强度的提升具有显著的促进作用,而城镇化进程中非农就业机会的增加对农地利用强度的提升具有显著的抑制作用;人均耕地面积和耕地减少量对农地利用强度均具有显著的抑制作用;人口城镇化对农地利用强度具有显著的促进作用;公路密度对农地利用强度具有显著的促进作用,农业机械总动力在当前阶段对农地利用强度有抑制作用.     

灌溉水资源效率、空间溢出与影响因素

选取2004—2013年全国和31个省市区的劳动力、资本、农用物质、灌溉水吸收量、生态包袱、污染排放量和粮食产量,分别运用MFA、SFA和DEA方法测量粮食生产灌溉水资源的资源生产率、技术效率和全要素资源效率,运用Moran’s I指数检验3种水资源效率的空间溢出效应,并采用Panel Data模型对影响3种水资源效率的因素进行实证分析。结果显示：全国粮食生产的水资源生产率稳步提高,灌溉条件改善中技术效率提高缓慢,全要素水资源效率中经济效率明显高于生态效率和环境效率;区域粮食生产的灌溉水资源效率分化明显;全局性的灌溉水资源效率空间溢出效应不明显;人均用水量与灌溉水资源效率间存在显著正向关系,农业用水比例与灌溉水资源效率间存在显著负向关系。因此,必须实行水资源效率细分与综合管理,特别是对效率落后地区实行重点整治;通过制度创新促进效率外溢,并加强效率影响因素的动态监测。