Cultivating Sovereignty: Struggles for Food Justice in the Middle East and North Africa

Mafraq, Jordan - Syrian refugees work in a tomato field in Mafraq Province, October 2015. © Nader Daoud – ARI Image Allies (AIA)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
01 The State of Food and Food Sovereignty Debates in the Middle East and North Africa
Julia Choucair Vizoso		 P. 8
COUNTRY PROFILES
02 Tunisia
Imen Louati		 P. 34
03 Jordan
Mariam Al Jaajaa, Lisa Shahin, Gabriella Neubert, Aya Bseiso		 P. 54
04 Palestine
Abdalaziz Alsalehi		 P. 100
05 Lebanon
Zeead Yaghi		 P. 132
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
06 Donor-Driven Agricultural Policies in Lebanon: Putting Farmers Last?
Kanj Hamade		 P. 150
07 Beyond Technocratic Solutions: Iraqi Farmers and Local Climate Adaptation
Taif Alkhudary		 P. 166
08 Syria’s Seeds and the Politics of Care: A Materialist Feminist Perspective
Interview with Ansar Jasim by Rula Asad		 P. 184
09 Seeds Beyond Submission: Quiet Resistance in Rural Tunisia
Yasser Souilmi		 P. 196
10 The Political Geography of Seed Sovereignty: A Regional Perspective
Julia Choucair Vizoso		 P. 204

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