Andrea Sosa Varrotti, a member of CASAS, and colleagues have recently published their latest article on the AgriGenre website. Abstract: In this article, we analyze the intricate dynamics of the contributions made by cisgender women within the family farming sector to agroecological transition processes. Our exploration commences by dissecting and critically examining the concept of…
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Expansion of the agricultural frontier in Matopiba and Amela in the Laranjeiras territory (Piauí)
Anderson Silva, a member of CASAS, and colleagues have recently published their latest book chapter on the Sustainable Futures Collaborative website. Abstract: The book chapter discusses the expansion of agricultural frontiers in the Matopiba region and the r-existence (historical resistance) of the Akroá Gamela people in the Laranjeiras territory of South Piauí, Brazil. It highlights…
Land, natural resources and the social reproduction of South Africa’s ‘relative surplus population’
Sithandiwe Yeni, a member of CASAS, has recently published her latest article in the Journal of Agrarian Change. Abstract: In the past few decades, there has been a renewed interest by feminist scholars in social reproduction. Global South scholars have argued that in agrarian societies of the global South that are marked by a high…
Making Climate-Smart Cocoa Inclusive: Towards a Framework for Gender Transformation
New publication alert! Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey, Fautstina Adomaa, CASAS members, and colleagues have just published an article in the South African Review of Sociology. Abstract: Climate-Smart Cocoa (CSC), a strategic offshoot of the wider Climate-Smart Agriculture, is gaining ground in Ghana, a cocoa export-dependent country. CSC is imperative, given the rapidly declining forests, prolonged periods…
Everyday processes of state-building in the Colombian Caribbean
New publication alert! In a new article in the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Camilo Eduardo Espinosa Díaz (CASAS member) discusses the processes of state-building in the Colombian Caribbean. Abstract: This article focuses on the case of the community of Villa Gloria, located in the northern part of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)…