La Vía Campesina
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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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Beyond simplistic narratives: Dynamic farmers, precarity and the politics of agribusiness expansion
New publication alert! Enrique Castañón Ballivián, CASAS’ member, has recently published an article in Journal of Agrarian Change. Abstract: Agribusiness expansion is usually framed around two competing narratives. On the one hand, advocates present it as a promising vehicle to modernise agriculture and integrate small farmers into global value chains. On the other hand, critics…