Bao-Nguyet Dang, CASAS’ member, has published this article in Agriculture and Human Values journal. Abstract: The paper contributes to scholarship on family farm, social reproduction, and labor migration theories. It argues that the emergence of wage labor within the family farm labor structure – and its transformation across time, place, and space – has shifted…
Tag: Asia
Book Review: India from Latin America: Peripherisation, state building, and demand-led growth, by Manuel Gonzalo
C.R. Yadu, CASAS’ member, has published this book review in Asian Journal of Social Science. This book review states that “Manuel Gonzalo’s refreshing perspective on India’s long-term development experience, presenting narratives that have often been overlooked. Unlike other scholarly works that analyze the evolution of the Indian economy through the lens of the nation-state—often referred…
The politics of internet shutdowns in Jammu and Kashmir
CASAS’ members Raouf Ahmad Peerzada & Amrita Sharma have published this article in Human Geography with Samyuktha Kannan and Gayatri Malhotra Abstract: This paper is the first in a series examining the political, legal, and social implications of internet shutdowns in Kashmir, based on a unique and extensive dataset compiled over 5 years. It analyses…
Farmers’ Creativity and Cultivated Senses: The Immediacy of Embodied Knowledge in Alternative Agriculture
Dimas Dwi Laksmana has published this article in Engaging Science, Technology, & Society. Abstract: The Indonesian government has promoted several forms of alternative agriculture in response to the productivity orientation and top-down bureaucratic institutions in intensive agriculture. Implemented in the late 1980s, the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) marked a paradigm shift in that it focused…
Transforming agricultural trading and commerce in India: Role of e-NAM and potential of digital trade
Raya Das, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Agricultural Economics Research Review with Bidisha Chanda, Gauri Krishna, and Ashok Gulati Abstract: This paper explores the transformative role of digital platforms, such as e-NAM (electronic National Agriculture Market) and ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce), in reforming agriculturalmarketing in India. By increasing market access, transparency,…





