Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
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CASAS’ members Enrique Castañón Ballivián, George Tonderai Mudimu & Mnqobi Ngubane have published with Melanie Sommerville in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: Capital is grabbing back land allocated through diverse national land reform and land restitution programmes globally. This article critically analyses this trend, which has so far received insufficient attention from land grab…
Tania Eulalia Martínez-Cruz, CASAS’ members, & Adelman Levi have published a book chapter in the book Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge and the Sciences: Combining Knowledge and Science on Vulnerabilities and Solutions for Resilience. Abstract: Food insecurity has predominantly been addressed as a problem of food production; since the times of the Green Revolution, miracle seeds, pesticides,…
Ruth Castel-Branco, CASAS’ member, has published with Seipati Mokhema & Edward Webster a chapter in the book Digital capitalism and its limits. Abstract: This chapter explores the transformative possibilities and limitations of emerging forms of organisation among workers on digital labour platforms. The chapter draws on an impressive collection of interdisciplinary research undertaken by the…
Nikhil Deb, CASAS’ member, has edited the Handbook of Social Justice in the Global South with Manjusha Nair, and Glenn W. Muschert. As they established in the Preface, “we aim to establish a bold and uncompromising agenda for social justice research, praxis, and discourse in the Global South. We are on the cusp of change…
Aayushi Malhotra has published this report with her colleagues in the CGIAR Issue Brief Series for Informing COP 29. Abstract: Women can be drivers of climate change responses when solutions like climate-smart agriculture are co-designed, for better productivity, adaptation and mitigation outcomes. Inclusive climate action needs more gender-disaggregated data. Gender data gaps severely limit design…