Carol Hernandez, CASAS member, has just published “Without Food there is No Resistance: The Impact of the Zapatista Conflict on Agrobiodiversity and Seed Sovereignty in Chiapas, Mexico” with coauthors Hugo Perales and Daniel Jaffee. This paper is part of a special issue titled Agrobiodiversity Change in Violent Conflict and Post-Conflict Landscapes, coordinated by Gabriel Tamariz and Megan…
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Meet the JPS Writeshop 2021 participants!
It is a great pleasure to introduce the Third Cohort of the JPS – CASAS – CODH – YARA – PLAAS Annual Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar Activism. After a challenging selection process, the organisers invited 67 participants, 35 women, 32 men, from 24 countries in the South, mostly PhD researchers and postdocs,…
Oil Palm Workers Confront a Fatal Blow Against Unions in Colombia
On November 1st, 2019, Indupalma, one of the pioneer companies in the Colombian palm oil industry, announced its voluntary dissolution. This company is not bankrupt and owns 10,000 hectares of productive oil palm crops. Why does a productive and financially-viable company decide to enter a voluntary dissolution process? In Colombia, palm oil corporations have implemented,…
Agrarian workers’ long struggle for labor justice in Peru: progress and an uncertain future
In December 2020, agrarian workers laboring for different agro-export companies in various coastal areas in Peru organized protests which soon spread out to multiple regions in the country. They demanded new labor regulations able to guarantee better working conditions and real salary increases. As conversations with state authorities stalled, manifestations continued throughout the month with…
Farmers’ Protest in India: A Manifestation of Rural Agrarian Crisis
By: Debottam Saha, Kranthi Nanduri & Raya Das (All authors contributed equally, names of the authors appear in alphabetical order) On January 26, 2021, the people of India celebrated the 72nd anniversary of their republic and constitution. Every year on this day, the President of India unfurls the national flag amidst a spectacular parade by…