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Land grabbing ten years on: a Call for Applications for small research grants (deadline: 31 May, 2023)
More than a decade ago, the Land Deals Politics Initiative (LDPI) was launched as a loose network of scholars and activists concerned about the rise of land, water and green grabs across the world and the consequences for rural livelihoods and agrarian relations. A massive wave of investment in land, resulting in expropriation and displacement…
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La Via Campesina at 30: a special grassroots voices collection
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of La Via Campesina, the global peasant movement, we have put together a special “grassroots voices” collection, comprising interviews with key leaders of the movement: Morgan Ody, Francisca ‘Pancha’ Rodríguez, Geum Soon Yoon, Ibrahima Coulibaly, and Paul Nicholson, as well as reflection pieces by Nettie Wiebe, Rita Calvário and Annette…
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Fondecyt postdoctoral fellowships (from the Chilean government) is now open
The call for Fondecyt postdoctoral fellowships (from the Chilean government) is now open. In the following link you can see the requirements and deadlines (in Spanish). If you know someone who is interested in conducting research on agribusiness in Central / South America/ pesticides and public health, and public policies in Chile, Grettel Navas would…
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50th Anniversary Collection – Top 50 most cited articles in JPS – free access
This year the Journal of Peasant Studies is celebrating its 50th year in print. Since the first volume spanning 1973-1974, JPS has tackled some of the most powerful issues in the rural world. To celebrate the anniversary we are releasing a golden collection of articles free access until August 31st. This collection includes the top…