mexico
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Indigenous Rights to Land Versus Extractivism: The Promise and Limits of ILO Convention No. 169 in Mexico
Tamara Wattnem, CASAS’ member, has published this article in Elements in Indigenous Environmental Research. Abstract: Indigenous and tribal communities often make claims to territory citing their longstanding ties to the land. Since 1989, they increasingly reference ILO Convention No. 169, the only legally binding international agreement on Indigenous and tribal peoples rights. This Element proposes…
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Contested Coffees: Arabica, Robusta, and the Narrative of High-Quality Coffee in Mexico
Claudia Oviedo Rodríguez, CASAS’ member, has published an article in The Journal of Development Studies with Kees Jansen and Sietze Vellema. Abstract: This paper analyses a political debate that has emerged in Mexico regarding cultivation of two coffee species: arabica, which generates high quality coffee, and robusta, which generates high yields, but is of lower…
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Agroecology from the basis: Participatory Action Research in coffee-growing communities in the Sierra Madre of Chiapas
Alejandra Guzmán Luna, CASAS’ member, has published a chapter in the book “Deserts and oases in Mexico’s agroecological transition: experiences and reflections from the northwest and the South Pacific” with Rigoberto Hernández Jonapá. Abstract: Participatory action research harmonises with agroecological transitions that build food sovereignty by sharing ethical and political principles committed to social transformations,…
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Peasant Seed Sovereignty and Climate Justice in a Biotechnological World
Check out this just-published book chapter by Carol Hérnandez, CASAS member: Abstract: Peasant agriculture and its agrobiodiversity systems are at a juncture in which two global processesimpose significant challenges for their sustainability: climate change and the expansion of agriculturalbiotechnology supported by a regimen of intellectual property rights over plant genetic resources. Inthis article, I explore…