timely and short writing samples, opinion pieces, review and reflections, etc.
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…
My name is Mariana Homem de Mello Reinach, I’m a brazilian social scientist graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP), and a PhD student in the Graduate Program of Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society, at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ), where I also got my masters degree. I am a researcher at the Center of Power Studies…
Written by more than 30 members of the Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists of the Global South, we want to share this piece published as part of the JPS 50th Anniversary Issue! This is an expanded version of CASAS original manifesto created in 2019 after the first JPS Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar Activism,…
Finally, the JPS 50th anniversary collection is out — and all articles are free access til the end of 2023, including CASAS piece Transforming critical agrarian studies: Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South* Announcing : JPS 50th Anniversary Special Issuefeaturing conversations with peasant movement leaders, now free access The Journal of Peasant Studies was founded…
We are looking for 80 talented and dynamic professionals working in food systems in Kenyaand Rwanda who want to lead transformative change in their sectors. Apply if you workin any of the impact areas below: In Kenya: Horticulture, Agri-finance & Aquaculture In Rwanda: Access to nutritious food, Sustainable land use & Food tech & trade…