By Muhammad Arfan, CASAS’ member The 5th International Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies & Scholar-Activism took place from July 27 to August 8, 2024, in Beijing, China. This event was a collaborative effort by various institutions, including the Journal of Peasant Studies, China Agricultural University’s College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD), Beijing Innovation Center…
New publication alert! Tania Eulalia Martínez-Cruz, CASAS’ member, has just published with Levi Adelman, Luisa Castañeda Quintana and Darío Mejía-Montalvo an article in Social Sciences & Humanities Open. Abstract: Dominant narratives and policy processes addressing water insecurity, such as the Water Action Decade 2018–2028, usually neglect the power asymmetries underlying that insecurity. In this paper, we argue that the water…
New publication alert! Chukwuma Ume, CASAS’ member has recently published with Andres Suarez in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Abstract: Sustainability within food systems (FS) transcends approaches that only consider FS transformation via changing agricultural practices or consumption patterns. The essence lies in addressing the root causes of current unsustainable FS and their associated social…
CASAS’ Collective paper is now published in Spanish in Revista Alter-Nativa. This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced by critical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South. We argue that despite the historical and structural limitations, the critical juncture of convergence of crises and renewed interest in agrarian political economies offers an opportunity…
It is a great pleasure to introduce the Third Cohort of the JPS – CASAS – CODH – YARA – PLAAS Annual Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar Activism. After a challenging selection process, the organisers invited 67 participants, 35 women, 32 men, from 24 countries in the South, mostly PhD researchers and postdocs,…