climate change
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Agri-labour mobility in a changing climate: A systems approach to vulnerability and precarity among migrant farmworkers
Sinem Kavak (CASAS’ member) has published this article with Mine Işlar & Lennart Olsson in World Development. Abstract: This research explores the climate vulnerability of migrant farmworkers within the climate-sensitive commercial agriculture of the Mediterranean Basin, through a case study of Turkey. In Turkey a vast majority of the farmworkers belong to Kurdish and Arab…
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The Beans Of/For Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Colombian Coffee Farming
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…
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Climate Change Shocks and Land Resource in reconstructing Peoples’ Livelihoods in Rural Areas of Sub-Saharan Countries
Prosper Turimubumwe, CASAS’ member, has published an article with Saidi VianeyBaseka in African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences Abstract: Climate change in Africa complicates the existing problems related to improving the livelihood of rural settlers who rely on land as major capital. Drought, floods, pests, and crop diseases are among the major climate…
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Gender equality for climate justice: Why it matters at COP29. CGIAR Issue Brief Series for Informing COP 29
Aayushi Malhotra has published this report with her colleagues in the CGIAR Issue Brief Series for Informing COP 29. Abstract: Women can be drivers of climate change responses when solutions like climate-smart agriculture are co-designed, for better productivity, adaptation and mitigation outcomes. Inclusive climate action needs more gender-disaggregated data. Gender data gaps severely limit design…