Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
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Papers, books, book chapters and reports published by CASAS’ members
Kapil Yadav (CASAS’ member) has published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: This study re-examines the role of fire in the Uttarakhand Himalaya through political ecology and critical agrarian studies. It emphasises the importance of understanding fire regimes in relation to ongoing agrarian change. Drawing on fieldwork conducted with rural communities, the…
CASAS’ member Mauricio Betancourt has published with Amanda Sikirica & Nicholas Theis this article in Environment, Development and Sustainability. Abstract: Though economic growth is persistently associated with increased environmental impacts cross-nationally, sustainable development has continued as a policy objective embraced by many governments to further efforts to “green” economic growth through a focus on “human…
CASAS’ member Amit John Kurien has published an chapter in the report Community Involvement in Conservation and Livelihood Initiatives in the Eastern Himalayas Reflections on Practices and Policies. Abstract: Post-Independence efforts by the Indian agricultural science community and the state to curb jhum (shifting cultivation) in Northeast India. It took place primarily in the hill…
José Sobreiro Filho, CASAS’ member, has published a book in Portuguese with Fernando Luiz Araújo Sobrinho, Maria do Socorro Ferreira da Silva, Aline Albuquerque Jorge, Maria Luiza Araújo Lopes, Pedro Mendonça Carvalho Santos. Abstract: This publication addresses a set of elements that contribute to understanding not only the reality of populations affected by dams in…
C.R Yadu, CASAS’ member, has published a Working Paper in CSE Working Paper. Abstract: This article examines rural transformation in India through a review of longitudinal village studies conducted over the past three decades. It argues that rural India is not undergoing structural transformation in the classical sense. While labour is steadily moving out of…