food sovereignty
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Where Are We Now? The State of Agrarian Reform and Rural-Agrarian Struggles in the Philippines from the Perspective of a Contemporary Agrarian Movement
Karlo Mikhail I. Mongaya (CASAS’ member) has published this UP CIDS discussion paper with Sheila Mae Pagurayan. Abstract; Thirty-eight years after the signing of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), the quest to democratize land politics in the Philippine countryside remains fraught with persistent and developing challenges. This paper draws on participatory action research with…
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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…