agrarian reform
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Where Are We Now? The State of Agrarian Reform and Rural-Agrarian Struggles in the Philippines from the Perspective of a Contemporary Agrarian Movement
Karlo Mikhail I. Mongaya (CASAS’ member) has published this UP CIDS discussion paper with Sheila Mae Pagurayan. Abstract; Thirty-eight years after the signing of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), the quest to democratize land politics in the Philippine countryside remains fraught with persistent and developing challenges. This paper draws on participatory action research with…
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The Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) and New Agrarian Questions in Brazil
New Publication Alert! CASAS member Estevan Coca has just published this article with Gustavo de L.T. Oliveira in the Journal of Agrarian Change. Abstract: The Landless Rural Workers Movement of Brazil (MST) primarily organized occupations of large-scale farms, forcing the redistribution of land for creation of agrarian reform settlements. In the past 20 years, however, land…
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Defend Colombia’s Agrarian Reform and the 4Rs from the far-right backlash
Help us Defend the Colombian Agrarian Reform CASAS, a network of over 400 academics from around the world, is launching a global campaign supporting Colombia’s Agrarian Reform against far-right backlash. The Colombian Agrarian Reform achieved historical gains: 280,000 ha restituted, 779,000 ha redistributed, 2 million ha formalized, and 25 peasant territories recognized. Through restitution, redistribution,…
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Revisiting Deere in an Extractivist Era: Agrarian Reform and Feminist Legacies in Coastal Ecuador
CASAS’ member Natalia Landívar has published this article with Lynne Phillips in the Journal of Agrarian Change. Abstract: This article examines how campesinas in coastal Ecuador have navigated shifting labour roles, financial precarity and ecological degradation under Plan Tierras, a state-led land redistribution policy embedded in an extractivist model of agriculture. While Plan Tierras formally recognized women as land beneficiaries,…