Abstract

This article discusses the right to seeds and legal mobilization for the protection of peasant seed systems in Mali. It centres on the ongoing ‘Seed, Norms and Peasants’ process (‘Semences, Normes et Paysans’, SNP), the goal of which is to achieve the recognition of peasant seed systems in the law. Through the lens of human rights practice, the article explores how peasant organizations and allied NGOs have: a) converged around a shared political agenda despite initial disagreement on the role of certified seeds; b) framed the right to seeds as a collective right, grounded in customary regimes for the governance of land and natural resources; and c) engaged in dialogue with the state to push for legal reform. It further discusses processes of legal transfers and seed aid that have ushered the development of a commercial seed sector in Mali and locates peasant seed systems within the political economy of seeds in the country.

中文翻译：

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保护马里农民种子系统的种子权和法律动员

摘要

本文讨论了保护马里农民种子系统的种子权和法律动员。它以正在进行的“种子，规范和农民”过程（“ Semences，Normes et Paysans”，SNP）为中心，其目的是要在法律上承认农民的种子系统。通过人权实践的视角，本文探讨了农民组织和相关的非政府组织如何：a）尽管最初对认证种子的作用存在分歧，但仍围绕着共同的政治议程进行了融合；b）将种子权界定为一项集体权利，以土地和自然资源治理的习惯制度为基础；c）与国家进行对话以推动法律改革。