Fostering communities of practice for improved food democracy: Experiences and learning from South Africa

Adelle Camilla, Kroll Florian, Losch Bruno, Görgens Tristan. 2021. Fostering communities of practice for improved food democracy: Experiences and learning from South Africa. Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems, 6 (1), n.spéc. Planning Food System Transitions:e20007

Résumé : The highly concentrated formal agri-food sector holds enormous power in the governance of the food system in South Africa. Yet the concept of food democracy holds that all people should have an equal opportunity to participate in (re)shaping their food system. To contribute to decision making, however, stakeholders not only need access to knowledge about the food system, but should also be able to inform what is considered relevant knowledge. Communities of practice—groups of people who share a common interest or concern and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis—provide novel spaces for stakeholder involvement in food governance. This article sets out the process of establishing and maintaining a community of (food) practice in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Through participant observation, analysis of unpublished documents, as well as in depth interviews, the core elements of the community of practice are charted over its 3 yr history. The article demonstrates the informal and evolving nature of communities of practice as social learning structures that can gain credibility and potentially develop into more formal democratic institutions over.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : politique alimentaire, sécurité alimentaire, gouvernance, systèmes alimentaires, communauté de pratique

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Afrique du Sud

Mots-clés libres : Community of Practice, Food governance, Food Security, Afrique du Sud, Food democracy

Classification Agris : E10 - Économie et politique agricoles

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 3 (2019-) - Systèmes alimentaires

Agences de financement hors UE : DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Auteurs et affiliations

• Adelle Camilla, University of Pretoria (ZAF) - auteur correspondant
• Kroll Florian, University of the Western Cape (ZAF)
• Losch Bruno, CIRAD-ES-UMR ART-DEV (ZAF)
• Görgens Tristan, Western Cape Goverment (ZAF)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/605099/)

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