Power Contestations in the Use of Agri-food Data: Towards a Sustainability Governance Approach
Law is intrinsically embedded in politics. Prevailing dynamics and norms can significantly impact new legal rules; hence, there is a need to interrogate the spectrum of engagements of any given subject or phenomenon with the law. In the context of global governance of food and agricultural data, thi...
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| description | Law is intrinsically embedded in politics. Prevailing dynamics and norms can significantly impact new legal rules; hence, there is a need to interrogate the spectrum of engagements of any given subject or phenomenon with the law. In the context of global governance of food and agricultural data, this article examines how power manifests in the generation and use of agri-food data, how power could construct global rules on the use of agri-food data and how the global community should respond to this realisation. It highlights the politics of technology and data and examines how these drive inequalities and inequities among certain actors and groups, taking the ensuing intersectional dynamics into account. These insights make important contributions to the debate on the global governance of food and agricultural data by shedding light on the analytical framework that can be used to recognise the unequal political economy within which the global governance of agri-food data is negotiated. It offers justifications on why and how such an opportunity should be used to correct these imbalances and redistribute the benefits of agri-food data to all stakeholders. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-430f0908d13a41bd90c0703c46b9e3452024-12-01T21:46:52ZengQueensland University of TechnologyLaw, Technology and Humans2652-40742024-11-016310212210.5204/lthj.33573680Power Contestations in the Use of Agri-food Data: Towards a Sustainability Governance ApproachJane Ezirigwe0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8572-3915Jeremy De Beer1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9753-3708Chidi Oguamanam2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4301-9388University of Ottawa; Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal StudiesUniversity of Ottawa; University of JohannesburgUniversity of OttawaLaw is intrinsically embedded in politics. Prevailing dynamics and norms can significantly impact new legal rules; hence, there is a need to interrogate the spectrum of engagements of any given subject or phenomenon with the law. In the context of global governance of food and agricultural data, this article examines how power manifests in the generation and use of agri-food data, how power could construct global rules on the use of agri-food data and how the global community should respond to this realisation. It highlights the politics of technology and data and examines how these drive inequalities and inequities among certain actors and groups, taking the ensuing intersectional dynamics into account. These insights make important contributions to the debate on the global governance of food and agricultural data by shedding light on the analytical framework that can be used to recognise the unequal political economy within which the global governance of agri-food data is negotiated. It offers justifications on why and how such an opportunity should be used to correct these imbalances and redistribute the benefits of agri-food data to all stakeholders.https://lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view/3357agri-food datagovernance,powerinequalitiessustainability in governance |
| spellingShingle | Jane Ezirigwe Jeremy De Beer Chidi Oguamanam Power Contestations in the Use of Agri-food Data: Towards a Sustainability Governance Approach Law, Technology and Humans agri-food data governance, power inequalities sustainability in governance |
| title | Power Contestations in the Use of Agri-food Data: Towards a Sustainability Governance Approach |
| title_full | Power Contestations in the Use of Agri-food Data: Towards a Sustainability Governance Approach |
| title_fullStr | Power Contestations in the Use of Agri-food Data: Towards a Sustainability Governance Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Power Contestations in the Use of Agri-food Data: Towards a Sustainability Governance Approach |
| title_short | Power Contestations in the Use of Agri-food Data: Towards a Sustainability Governance Approach |
| title_sort | power contestations in the use of agri food data towards a sustainability governance approach |
| topic | agri-food data governance, power inequalities sustainability in governance |
| url | https://lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view/3357 |
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