Month: November 2025

“Denaturalizing Inequality in Global Knowledge Politics” by Jun Borras

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Our mentor, Jun Borras (former JPS Chief Editor and Professor of Agrarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies) has written about the global-local connections in international knowledge politics, considering the initiative of the international Writeshops for early career scholars from the Global South in which CASAS’ is one of the organizers. Read his…

Unpacking the penetration of agrochemicals in China: The commodification of agricultural inputs and the invisible dispossession of smallholders

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Yunan Xu, CASAS’ member, has published with Yiyuan Chen an article in World Development. Abstract: China has transitioned from a negligible user of agrochemicals to one of the world’s largest consumers, producers and exporters within just a few decades. The rapid increase in agrochemical use– often amounting to overuse – has raised significant concerns about…