Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
agrarian studies, global south, scholar-activists
timely and short writing samples, opinion pieces, review and reflections, etc.
Malvern Kudakwashe Marewo has published this article in Africa Review. Abstract: This article examines how small-scale (A1 villagised model) farmers in Zimbabwe’s Fast-Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) are using social capital as a form of resilience in the context of an economic precarity. With limited state support, fiscal instability and the near absence of formal…
CASAS’ members Rahma Hassan, Mercedes Ejarque, Aayushi Malhotra, Carlos Bolomey Córdova, Leon Brenya Yeboah & Jackson Wachira have published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies as a part of the Forum: Food Sovereignty and Systems Change. Abstract: Pastoral systems are globally significant for their invaluable contributions to food systems and socio-economic and environmental…
CASAS’ member Dimas D Laksmana has published this chapter in the book “Revisiting Reflexivity Liveable Worlds in Research and Beyond”. Abstract: Why is reflexivity needed to transform coloniality in participatory research? In this chapter I critically reflect on my shifting positionalities as an Indonesian field researcher and a doctoral researcher in Germany to argue that…
Soledad Castro-Vargas, Carol Hernández Rodríguez, Grettel Navas, Enrique Castañón Ballivián, Yunan Xu & Daniela Ayelén Marini, CASAS’ members have published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies as a part of the Forum: Food Sovereignty and Systems Change. Abstract: Agriculture has become increasingly dependent on pesticide use, with significant growth over the past three…
We are pleased to announce the Africa Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025 28 September-4 October 2025, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), Cape Town. Call for Applications he Journal of Peasant Studies and co-organisers are pleased to announce the Africa Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 202529 September – 6 October…