Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
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Papers, books, book chapters and reports published by CASAS’ members
Check out this open-access paper (2022) in the Journal of Agrarian Change by Boaventura Monjane (PLAAS & CASAS member). This article is part of a future Special Issue: Populism, Agrarian Movements and Progressive Politics. Abstract: After nearly two and a half decades with a Land Law widely considered progressive, Mozambique is preparing to revise its…
Check out this open-access paper (2022) by Mercedes Ejarque (CASAS member & INTA) et al. in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Abstract: Given the novel character of disturbances caused by the pandemic in food systems, initial studies have been conducted to stress the reinforced urgent need for food systems’ transformation toward sustainability. First assessments, conducted…
This opinion article was written for LASA Forum in Spanish, a version in English will come soon “the problem with expertise and the need to create intercultural in international development”. This reflection is based on the author’s experiences for more than 10 years working for different international development organisations on Indigenous issues. Click below to…
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…
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…