Ecuador
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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…
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Frogs, coalitions, and mining: Transformative insights for planetary health and earth system law from Ecuador’s struggle to enforce Nature’s rights
Amaya Carrasco-Torrontegui, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Earth System Governance with her colleagues Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrío, Mario A. Moncayo-Altamirano, Andrea Terán-Valdez, Gustavo Redin-Guerrero, Carlos Varela, & Stephen Posner Abstract: Pachamama, Mother Earth, faces a mass extinction threat. A radical transformation in human systems is essential, guided by equity and justice at local and…