Insights from the ground
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Resisting in the mountains in Mexico: using territory and self-determination to resist COVID-19
Mexico is a diverse country and as such, each region is coping with COVID19 in different ways with the resources they have. Today, I will describe the coping mechanisms of my hometown, Tamazulapam Mixe, a little indigenous community located in the mountains of “Sierra Norte” in Oaxaca, Mexico. Many people know us as ‘the never…
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At Crossroads? Covid-19, State and The Peasantry: The Zimbabwean Case
On 30 March 2020 Zimbabwe, a country of 14.3 million people, the government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by imposing a mandatory lockdown for 21 days. This mandatory lockdown movement was only restricted to essential service providers; health care, security services and agriculture were designated as part of the essential services. Two days later the…
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The COVID-19 pandemic and complex effects on farmers and food-supply chains: an early dispatch from India.
R. Venkat Ramanujam and Amit John Kurien Agriculture’s contribution to the Indian economy is critical and complex. It contributes 16% of India’s GDP but supports between 50-60% of the labour force and up to 70% of all rural households (see a quick overview here). Livelihoods in agriculture have been stressed for some time now due…