Tag: Argentina

Book review: Creatures of Fashion: Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia, by John Soluri

Posted on by CASAS

CASAS’ member, Mercedes Ejarque, has just published a book review in the Journal of Agrarian Change. The book reviewed proposes a reconstruction of the history of the southernmost extremity of the continent (currently Argentinean and Chilean territories) by examining the impact of the commodification of animals (native and exotic) on the relations between society and…

Lockdown affecting agribusiness and local food producers differently in Argentina. Challenges and opportunities for food sovereignty.

Posted on by Andrea Sosa

In the whole Argentine territory, a quarantine was declared by the recently elected Peronist government in the early stages of contagion itself, on 19 March. Unlike other Latin American countries, there was less hesitation in implementing this measure to control the spread of the virus, even at the cost of other concerns such as economic…