CASAS’ member Sinem Kavak has produced this documentary with her colleagues from Lund University. Abstract: In the face of a changing climate and global market volatility, farmers in Colombia are increasingly adopting specialty coffee techniques. Although still a market niche, specialty coffee poses a significant economic and environmental opportunity for farmers to incorporate sustainable practices…
CASAS’ member Loveness Msofi Mgalamadzi has published this article with Masautso Chimombo in Cogent Social Sciences journal. Abstract: Land pawning, is a relatively understudied practice in Malawi’s agrarian landscape and broader land scholarship. Our research contextualizes this practice within debates of domestic and global land grabbing. Focussing on smallholder farmers, we analysed how land pawning…
CASAS’ member Juliana Forigua-Sandoval has published this article in Geoforum with colleagues Lieke Anna Melsen, Bibiana Duarte-Abadía & Rutgerd Boelens. Abstract: This article introduces the concept of hydrotemporalities to analyze the history of the fishing hydrosocial territory of Llanito Swamp in the Middle Magdalena River. Specifically, this research contributes to debates on the temporal dimensions…
CASAS’ member Patricia Retamal has published this article in Public Administration with Chiara Cazzuffi. Abstract: Public services in Latin America face persistent challenges that affect access, quality, and fairness, particularly for women and marginalized groups. This study examines gendered differences in public service perceptions in Chile, focusing on quality, equality of treatment, and corruption in…
Tania Eulalia Martínez-Cruz, CASAS’ members, & Adelman Levi have published a book chapter in the book Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge and the Sciences: Combining Knowledge and Science on Vulnerabilities and Solutions for Resilience. Abstract: Food insecurity has predominantly been addressed as a problem of food production; since the times of the Green Revolution, miracle seeds, pesticides,…