Unmasking the coloniality of science: towards resilient and inclusive agri-food systems

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cg.contributor.affiliationWorldFishen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.creator.identifierPurnima Menon: 0000-0001-5988-2894en_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
dc.contributor.authorAdam, Rahmaen_US
dc.contributor.authorArunlingam, Indikaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKarki, Darshanen_US
dc.contributor.authorMenon, Purnimaen_US
dc.contributor.authorNchanji, Eileen Bogwehen_US
dc.contributor.authorNortje, Karenen_US
dc.contributor.authorOsei-Amponsah, Chariyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T12:47:01Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-04T12:47:01Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137047en_US
dc.titleUnmasking the coloniality of science: towards resilient and inclusive agri-food systemsen_US
dcterms.abstractIn this panel we reflect on the coloniality of science as a way of building more resilient, sustainable and inclusive agri-food systems. We start this interrogation from our own professional standpoint. The One CGIAR we know today aims to address food security, whilst also ensuring sustainable, natural resources management and inclusivity. Yet the foundations of the CGIAR began in the 1950s as a techno-scientific project leading to the Green Revolution. The climate crisis, environmental degradation, farmer suicides, growing food insecurity and dependency and the pervasive under- and malnutrition in many countries are argued as the outcome of agricultural developmental models imagined in the north and imposed globally through various political and economic measures. What we call “science” denies the plurality of knowledges and local contexts that may help us to manage food systems more sustainably. Similarly, what we label “technical” knowledge is often dismissive of historical indigenous knowledge about flora and fauna, which has been systematically erased as part of development projects. This panel brings together CGIAR and external researchers to discuss how food systems science is colonized and deeply subjective, and present (proposed) case studies of approaches to decolonize science: decolonizing traditional dietary approaches: Purnima Menon (Asia); hybrid water laws: Barbara Van Koppen and Inga Jacobs-Mata (Africa); and food security and sovereignty: Jahi Chappell. Our aim is to enable reflection on alternative ways of knowing and doing science.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAdam, Rahma; Arunlingam, Indika; Karki, Darshan; Menon, Purnima; Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh; Nortje, Karen; Osei-Amponsah, Chariy. 2023. Unmasking the coloniality of science: towards resilient and inclusive agri-food systems . Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. CGIAR GENDER Impact Platformen_US
dcterms.issued2023-10-10en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherCGIAR GENDER Impact Platformen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.typePresentationen_US

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