Ecuador
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The modernizing project in Manabí’s agriculture and the specificities of peasant family farming
David Singaña Tapia (CASAS’ member) has published “The modernizing project in Manabí’s agriculture and the specificities of peasant family farming” in “Chungara”. The article, written in Spanish, analyzes how the agricultural sector in Manabí, a historical pillar of the economy, is shaped by the corporate food regime. Integration into agro-industrial chains does not guarantee social…
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Looking back to move forward: historical Agroecology and reciprocity in Ecuador and Bolivia
CASAS’ member Amaya Carrasco-Torrontegui has published this article with Carlos Andrés Gallegos-Riofrío, Ernesto Méndez, María Quispe, Mabel Pintag, Renato Pardo Valenzuela, Milka Caranqui, Nils McCune, Gabriela Bucini, Teresa Mares & Colin Anderson in Agriculture and Human Values. Abstract: Broad analyses of social change often overlook the lived experiences of rural Indigenous communities. This paper connects…
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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,…
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Innovative Food Systems Involving Edible Insects and Climatic Conditions Within Indigenous Knowledge
Amaya Carrasco-Torrontegui, CASAS’ member, has published a chapter in the book “Indigenous Insights for Planetary Health and Sustainable Food Systems: Learning from International Case Studies” with Esther Katz, Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrío & Adela Caranqui-Pintag. Abstract: Currently, worldwide, there is a rising interest in edible insect consumption. Insects constitute about 80% of the animal kingdom, and…