Asia
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Whose story is your data telling? Top 10 reads on gender-disaggregated data
Aayushi Malhotra, CASAS’ member, has published this article in Gender Impact Platform. The article provides a series of recommended reading lists, which ca be starting points for researchers, students, practitioners and others looking to dive deeper into research on gender and a wide variety of topics. This list takes a closer look at recommended reading…
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Digital inclusion through WOTR’s FarmPrecise mobile application
Aayushi Malhotra, CASAS’ member, has published an article with Ditty Maria Dominic, A. Alagu Niranjan, Nimisha Mittal, Rasheed V. Sulaiman, Niyati Singaraju and Sheetal Sharma in the series Good Practices in Digital Inclusion. Abstract: The majority of smallholder farmers in developing countries lack access to location-specific science-based information. Although digital advisory tools can potentially help…
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Crop Diversification for Farmers and Agricultural Labourers
Raya Das, CASAS’ member, has published this document with Ashok Gulati in Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Policy Paper. Abstract: The shift in India’s economy from agriculture to non-agriculture sectors is complex. While the share of agriculture in overall GDP has been declining steadily, its share in workforce has started increasing…
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Book Review: “Recycling Class: The Contradictions of Inclusion in Urban Sustainability” by Manisha Anantharaman
Nikhil Deb, CASAS’ member, has published a book review in Contemporary Sociology. Abstract: In this book, Manisha Anantharaman scrutinizes consumer–driven environmentalism embraced by the affluent classes and elucidates how this variant of environmentalism falls short in effecting essential transformations, instead contributing to the marginalization, condescension, and stigmatization of the underprivileged and their environmental advocacy. To…