South America
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Negotiating Work and Care: Rural Women’s Bargaining Power in Chile’s Neoliberal Agrarian Sector
Patricia Retamal (CASAS’ member) and Chiara Cazzuffi have published this article in the Journal of Agrarian Change. Abstract: Women’s participation in paid work is widely expected to enhance bargaining power within households and promote redistribution of unpaid domestic and care work. Yet, in agrarian contexts shaped by long-standing neoliberal labour regimes, this expectation often remains…
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Using participatory impact chains for assessing regional climate risks and local particularities: A case study in Patagonia drylands
CASAS’ member Mercedes Ejarque has published with her colleagues Anabella Fantozzi, Silvina Alejandra Romano, Santiago Meza, Carla Moscardi, Rodrigo Navedo, Cesar Mario Rostagno and Almut Therburg this article in Cambridge Prisms: Drylands. Abstract: Climate hazards impact pastoral communities due to their dependency on nature for their primary livelihoods. This study analyzes climate risk in ten…
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Who is who in CASAS? Enrique Castañón Ballivián
Enrique Castañón Ballivián is a Lecturer in International Development at the Institute of the Americas, University College London. He researches the dynamics, theory and politics of agrarian change and environmental governance in Latin America, with a focus on agribusiness expansion and resource politics. Enrique is an Editor of the Journal of Agrarian Change. To know…
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MST’s Arvoredo app: Family farmers and grassroots environmental data-driven governance in Brazil
CASAS’ member Estevan Coca and his colleague Ricardo Barbosa Jr. have published this article in Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. Abstract: The pervasive use of digital technologies in agriculture has drawn substantial critical attention, predominantly focusing on how industrial agriculture leverages digital tools and services to exert control and maximize profits across food…