food sovereignty
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Food sovereignty, capitalism and migrant workers
New publication Alert! The Special Issue on Food Sovereignty convened by CASAS in the Journal of Peasant Studies continues to grow. This article was collectively written by CASAS’ members Sinem Kavak, Lorenza Arango, Doi Ra, Zeynep Ceren Eren Benlisoy, CarloJohn Arceo, George T. Mudimu, Daren Shi-chi Leung, Adwoa Yeboah Gyapong and Mnqobi Ngubane. Abstract: Migrant…
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Movimentos agrários e a luta pela transformação agroalimentar na África Austral
CASAS’ member Boaventura Monjane has published this article in Tensões Mundiais in Portuguese. Abstract: This article examines how agrarian movements in Southern Africa – particularly in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa – confront the corporate model of food production and trade. It highlights La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa and the Rural Women’s Assembly…
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Fieldwork Highlights: What is the true meaning of food sovereignty in Pakistan?
CASAS’ member Fizza Batool shares a note from her fieldwork in Pakistan: While sitting in the Ministry of National Food Security in Islamabad, the Food Commissioner said during the interview: “There is something called food security, and there is something else too, called food sovereignty and we have to understand both of these things.” I…
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Violent conflict, capitalism and insurgent food sovereignty
CASAS’ members Amrita Sharma, Yukari Sekine, Peerzada Raouf Ahmad , Sardar Babur Hussain, Hassan Turi , Moges Belay, Sai Sam Kham, José Sobreiro Filho, Carol Hernández, Sergio Coronado & Yasmine Ahmed have collectively published this paper in the Journal of Peasant Studies’ Special Issue on Food sovereignty and systems change. Abstract: Historically, war-making and state-making…