Check this article in JPS (Oct. 2022) by Rahma Hassan (Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Nairobi and the University of Copenhagen, and CASAS member), Iben Nathan (Associate Professor at the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen) & Karuti Kanyinga (Research Professor at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi). Abstract:…
Category: CASAS’ members publications
Papers, books, book chapters and reports from CASAS’ members
Inside an enclave: the dynamics of capitalism and rural politics in a post-land reform context
Check out this paper in The Journal of Peasant Studies by George T. Mudimu (CASAS member & PLAAS) et al. Abstract: There is no doubt that Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Program resulted in repeasantization. As several studies point out, it also resulted in accumulation from below by a majority of the resettled peasantry. Our…
The role of custom farming in agribusiness expansion in Argentina
Check out this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies by Andrea P. Sosa Varrotti ( CONICET & CASAS member). 2021. Abstract: This article aims to examine the role of custom farming in the expansion of the agribusiness model in Argentina, and more specifically, of machinery contractors incorporated into productive ‘networks’ led by large-scale sowing…
White spatial politics in mainstream agroecology activism in Argentina
Check out this article in the Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies by Daniela Ayelén Marini (Grand Valley State University & CASAS member). 2022. Abstract: This paper addresses whiteness in environmental imaginaries underpinning mainstream agroecology activism in Argentina. It examines the cultural politics of race and nature articulated by intellectual leaders during the period of…
Social Relations and Agrarian Labour: Exploring the Dynamics of Relations Between Former Farm Workers and A1 Beneficiaries in Zimbabwe’s A1 Settlements
Check out this open-access article in the Journal of Asian and African Studies by Malvern Kudakwashe Marewo (Center of African Studies, University of Cape Town, SA & CASAS members) et al. (2022). Abstract: This article examines the evolving nature of social and agrarian relations between A1 villagised beneficiaries of the Fast Track Land Reform in…