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Refusal as Radical Care? Moving Beyond Modern Industrial Agriculture
In this contribution we approach the refusal of modern industrial agriculture, as an act of radical care. We begin by recognizing the unprecedented...
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Disparity to Parity to Solidarity: Balancing the Scales of International Agricultural Policy for Justice and Viability
Resetting international agricultural governance requires a collective commitment to changing the economic rules of production. This article reports...
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The Beginning Is Socially and Economically the Provision of Subsistence
Where does economic activity begin? It has its basis in existential concern for the sustenance of life. In the transformation of the logic of caring...
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Climate Change and Gender Gaps in Africa’s Agricultural Sector
Addressing gender gaps in Africa’s agricultural sector is crucial for promoting equal opportunities and mitigating the impact of climate change. This...
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The Origins of the Apple in Central Asia
The study of agricultural origins has been revolutionized by genomic science. Whole genome sequencing of plant domesticates opens a door to multiple...
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Cross-Scale Properties and Socioecological Role of Indigenous Residual Moisture Cultivation Systems in Malawi
In Malawi, farmers have over centuries relied on producing crops in the dry season, which completes their entire growth period based on soil moisture...
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Power–Knowledge Relations in the Field of Political Ecology
Political ecology goes beyond the inquiry of power strategies occurring in socio-ecological systems. Power–knowledge relations are established within...
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Technical Efficiency of Teff Production Among Smallholder Farmers: Beta Regression Approach
In Ethiopia, the traditional production system is not sufficient to feed the population growing at an alarming rate. Thus, targeting the efficiency...
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The Empty Food Bowl: Discourse Disconnection of Australian Agriculture
In 1997 John Wilson wrote that “while the hunger of Aboriginal Australians continues to be both a national and international scandal, hunger...
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The Social Life of Food
This chapter argues for the importance of incorporating concerns with the materiality of food in anthropologically oriented studies. Historically,...
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From Extractivism to Sustainability: Scenarios and Lessons from Latin American
Natural resource extraction, or extractivism, has long been a key factor in both the economic development strategies pursued by governments as a...
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How Seafood Wholesale Markets Matter for Urban Food Security: Evidence from Chennai, India
Urban sites gather poverty in particular locations and often require bulk food system approaches for addressing prevalent food security and nutrition...
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Reclaiming Diverse Seed Commons Through Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Economies of Care
Seed commons—the collective management of seeds and associated knowledge—is a major aim of food sovereignty, that crucial alternative to the dead end...
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Indigenous Seed Systems and Biocultural Heritage: The Andean Potato Park’s Approach to Seed Governance
In the Indigenous worldview, seeds are both biological entities and embodiments of immateriality: knowledge, culture and the sacred. Indigenous seed...
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Isotopic Evidence for Socio-economic Dynamics Within the Capital of the Kingdom of Alwa, Sudan
Between the sixth and fifteenth c. CE, a vast expanse of central and southern Sudan belonged to the kingdom of Alwa, ruled from the urban metropolis...
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Political ecologies of energy poverty in Zimbabwe
Studies that attribute energy poverty to a lack of technical resources abound in Zimbabwe. However, such line of reasoning falls short of giving a...
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Niche Construction and Long-Term Trajectories of Food Production
Niche construction theory has played a prominent role in archaeology during the last decade. However, the potential of niche construction in relation...
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The Bruxellian Bioregion Between Phenomenon and Project: The Agro-Ecological Horizon
This chapter presents a research on the characterization of the Bruxellian bioregion, in the perspective of a Metropolitan Community project. It...
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