CASAS
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Seed sovereignty as decommodification: a perspective from subsistence peasant communities in Southern Mexico
Check out this JPS article by Carol Hernández (National Autonomous University of Mexico & CASAS member). How do subsistence communities conceptualize their seed sovereignty? What do peasants perceive to be the principal threats to their seed sovereignty and how do they respond to these threats?; and How do local seed sovereignty initiatives relate to the…
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“Without Food there is No Resistance”: The impact of the Zapatista conflict on agrobiodiversity and seed sovereignty in Chiapas, Mexico
Check out this Geoforum article by Carol Hernandez (National Autonomous University of Mexico & CASAS member). Abstract Violent conflicts are frequently associated with detrimental or neutral effects on economic, social, and environmental development; by extension, one might expect similar effects on agrobiodiversity. However, as this study suggests, the impacts of conflicts are not necessarily all…
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Transforming critical agrarian studies: Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South
31 CASAS members co-authored this piece just published by the Journal of Peasant Studies in its Commentary section! It’s our contribution on a much needed debate for transforming critical agrarian studies through solidarity, scholar-activist and emancipatory agendas! This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced by critical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South.…