labour
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Unpaid Women’s Labour driving Value Chain Disintegration in the Colombian Palm Oil Industry
Angela Serrano Zapata, CASAS’ member, has published this article with M. Sofía Luna Siachoque in Journal für Entwicklungspolitik. Abstract: This study reveals a fundamental driver for the reconfiguration of global value chains: the deliberate appropriation of unpaid women’s labour by corporations. Through 12 months of ethnographic research across different segments of the palm oil value…
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Weaver to precarity capitalism: ethnographic understanding of contemporary Surat through the experiences of Odia labour migrants
Sandeepan Tripathy, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Contemporary South Asia. Abstract: Many economic and historical accounts mention the forms of capitalism in Surat. The paper argues that while capitalism has always been central to examining Surat, existing literature mainly focuses on the owners of capital and the relationships among them. The notions of…
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The COVID-19 pandemic and complex effects on farmers and food-supply chains: an early dispatch from India.
R. Venkat Ramanujam and Amit John Kurien Agriculture’s contribution to the Indian economy is critical and complex. It contributes 16% of India’s GDP but supports between 50-60% of the labour force and up to 70% of all rural households (see a quick overview here). Livelihoods in agriculture have been stressed for some time now due…