Seeds of struggle: resistance and agroecology in a territory of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST)

This study investigates the strategies adopted by the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) in the struggle for seed sovereignty through the experience of Quilombo Campo Grande. The research was conducted from 2019 to 2022 and employed participant observation, interviews, and focus group methodologies. Five distinct fronts of action involving seeds were identified. The findings demonstrate that seed production forms part of the MST’s broader political project, grounded in people’s agrarian reform, food sovereignty, and the advancement of agroecology as a future paradigm. In this context, seeds play a strategic role that connects agricultural production, environmental preservation, and cultural memory.