CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Arauz, Nidia Alyeriz |
|---|---|
| Title | Food Sovereignty: Women and Meliponiculture in Corozo community, Nicaragua |
| Summary | Food sovereignty is the right to healthy food based on agroecological production, placing those who produce, distribute, and consume food at the center of food policies. In Nicaragua, peasant agriculture faces great challenges due to climate changes and policy making in the political sphere. Since ancient times, Nicaraguan women have been the protagonists in the story of achieving food sovereignty. NGOs and women’s work in conservation of traditional seed, Indigenous customs and knowledge, along with their willingness to adapt new technologies and science-based agro-ecological methods suggest that autonomy can be obtained in ways that lead to food sovereignty. In this study, I include a case study that shows that Meliponiculture has the potential to contribute to family farming production, crop diversification and the rescue of native bees, a practice that returns women to community heritage protection. |
| Supervisor | Aistara, Guntra |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/arauz_nidia-alyeriz.pdf |
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