CASAS
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Podcast: Climate politics, carbon offsets and green minerals
Recently, Emilinah Namaganda of Utrecht University and CASAS member, alongside Kirtana Chandrasekaran from Friends of the Earth International (India/Scotland), was part of a podcast questioning: What is the relationship between climate change and agrarian struggles? The podcast was presented by Professor Ruth Hall and Boaventura Mojane, CASAS member. The talk was about their work on…
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Another palm is possible: small-scale palm oil farmers exercising autonomy in northeast Colombia
New publication alert! Check out this recent article by Angela Serrano, CASAS member: Abstract: This paper investigates how some small-scale palm oil growers in northeast Colombia have managed to exercise partial autonomy from global markets while still participating in them. By comparing the varied experiences of these farmers, I find that, state-led land access and…
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The Chinese Presence in Africa’s Agriculture: A Synopsis
Check out this just-published book chapter by the CASAS members George Mudimu and Boaventura Mojane. Abstract: Because of the growing Chinese presence on the continent – from agriculture to construction and mining among others – China has been accused of being Africa’s new imperialist power. But what is the evidence for this claim? In other…
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Call for Applicants: 5th Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism
1- 7 August, China Agricultural University Beijing The Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS), College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) ofChina Agricultural University (Beijing), the Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South(CASAS), Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the WesternCape and the Initiative in Critical Agrarian Studies (ICAS) at…