Chukwuma Ume, CASAS’ member, has recently published this article in the journal International Food and Agribusiness Management Review with his colleagues Kelvin Nnaemeka Nwangwu, Chinasa Sylvia Onyenekwe, Patience Ifeyinwa Opata, and Nice Nneoma. Abstract: Digital technology holds significant potential for enhancing business efficiency in agricultural marketing. However, empirical research on the use of digital technology…
Implications of peri-urban land reform programs on urban land markets: a case study of Harare, Zimbabwe
Johannes Bhanye, CASAS’ member, has published an article with Abraham R. Matamanda, Jennilee Kohima & Elmond Bandauko in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications volume. The article addresses how Zimbabwe implemented the Fast-Track Land Reform Program (FTLRP) in the year 2000. This program has had far-reaching implications on urban development, especially on urban land markets in…
Manifesto: Justice for Nega Pataxó Hã Hã Hãe – Indigenous emergency!
Our CASAS’ member, Mariana Reinach, is working on her PhD in Brazil, in the Caramuru Catarina Paraguaçu Indigenous Land, of the Pataxó Hãhãhãe indigenous people. The community has launched a Manifiesto demanding justice for the murder of their spiritual leader Nega Pataxó. At the beginning of 2024, a spiritual leader of the Pataxó Hãhãhãe people,…
5th International Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies & Scholar-Activism Report
By Muhammad Arfan, CASAS’ member The 5th International Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies & Scholar-Activism took place from July 27 to August 8, 2024, in Beijing, China. This event was a collaborative effort by various institutions, including the Journal of Peasant Studies, China Agricultural University’s College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD), Beijing Innovation Center…
“The History of the Society of Small Farmers and Squatters of Pedra Lisa”(Brazil)
Gabriel Bastos, a member of CASAS, was recently featured as a guest in a newly released documentary. The short film, “The History of the Society of Small Farmers and Squatters of Pedra Lisa”, produced by the Federation of Urban and Rural Residents’ Associations of Japeri (FAMEJA), chronicles the story of one of the first rural…