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,…
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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…
Peasant politics, criminal persecution and authoritarianism in Colombia
Towards a solidarity-based network of agrarian studies global-south scholars: A Manifesto
We are witnessing a new momentum in critical agrarian studies. In the last two decades, multiple crises around food, feed, fuel, natural resources extractivism, land, finance, labor, migration, environment and human rights have converged. All of these contribute to global resource grabbing in an era of capitalism and climate change which affect the most vulnerable…