CASAS’ member Itayosara Rojas-Herrera has published this article in Globalizations. Abstract: I argue that by using the concept of the ‘land rush’, I am able to bring into the analysis two more categories of land deals in addition to corporate large-scale operational land deals, namely, non-operational or failed corporate land deals, as well as the…
Estevan Coca, CASAS’ member, has published with Adriano Pereira Santos & Rodrigo Giacopini this article in Digital Geography and Society. Abstract: The widespread, uneven, and often contradictory use of digital technologies is transforming agri-food systems. Agriculture 4.0 is prompting producers to reimagine their farming futures, particularly in terms of environmental concerns, rural exodus and labor…
Angela Serrano Zapata, CASAS’ member, has published this article with M. Sofía Luna Siachoque in Journal für Entwicklungspolitik. Abstract: This study reveals a fundamental driver for the reconfiguration of global value chains: the deliberate appropriation of unpaid women’s labour by corporations. Through 12 months of ethnographic research across different segments of the palm oil value…
Yukari Sekine, Bruno Prado and Bhoopendra Kuma are members from Food Sovereignty Coordination Committee who are representing CASAS at the 3rd Global Nyéléni Forum in Sri Lanka which is taking place from September 6th-13th, 2025. We are also delighted to share that the Working Group (which includes Jun Borras and Morgan Ody) on the engagement…
CASAS’ members Enrique Castañón Ballivián, George Tonderai Mudimu & Mnqobi Ngubane have published with Melanie Sommerville in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: Capital is grabbing back land allocated through diverse national land reform and land restitution programmes globally. This article critically analyses this trend, which has so far received insufficient attention from land grab…