This commentary describes the work of the NGO Danish Seed Savers, working with heritage plants, highly prioritized by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The Danish Seed Savers act as activists, when they work to change the implementation of EU seed-legislation. At the same time, they have a seat in the Danish Committee on Plant Genetic Resources and help the Ministry of Food to protect and communicate about heritage plants. The commentary reflects on the role of the Danish Seed Savers. They are science communicators and activists but asks: are they alternative?
RésuméLes programmes de subventions gouvernementales se basent sur le savoir savant et sont formulés dans les milieux politiques. Cette formulation introduit des changements dans le savoir. Ces changements affectent la mise en œuvre du programme de subventions et les résultats ultérieurs. Dans une étude précédente autour de la transformation et la transposition du savoir savant des ressources phytogénétiques dans un programme national de subvention, de nombreuses conditions et contraintes importantes ont été identifiées. Celles-ci sont analysées en utilisant les niveaux de codétermination didactique. Notre étude préconise que les savoirs impliqués dans ce processus doivent être soigneusement sélectionnés et désélectionnés dans la formulation de programmes de subventions, et qu’il est nécessaire de connaitre explicitement les adaptations de sensibilisation des adaptations expérimentées en raison de l’intégration dans les politiques.AbstractGovernmental grant-schemes build on scholarly knowledge and are formulated in political environments. This formulation introduces changes in the knowledge that affect the implementation of the grant-scheme and the subsequent outcome. In a previous study of the transformation and transposition of scholarly knowledge of plant genetic resources into a national grant-scheme significant constraints and conditions were identified. These are examined using didactic levels of co-determination. Our study advocates that knowledge must be carefully selected and deselected in the formulation of grant-schemes, and awareness of adaptations due to embedding in policies on all levels is needed
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