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View article: Seed activism on four fronts: MASIPAG’s rice seed struggles in the Philippines
Seed activism on four fronts: MASIPAG’s rice seed struggles in the Philippines Open
Seed activism critiques the various ways in which capitalist accumulation through modern agricultural development separates farmers from the seed. Debates centre on legal activism contesting privatisation and seed registration based on exc…
View article: Migrant agricultural workers in search of a dignified life: Labour conditions as a source of vulnerability in Spain
Migrant agricultural workers in search of a dignified life: Labour conditions as a source of vulnerability in Spain Open
This study analyses the dynamics of agency and social vulnerability of international migrant agricultural workers in intensive agriculture in Murcia (South‐East Spain). It engages with the work of a group of scholars who analysed the emerg…
View article: The control of transboundary plant diseases and the problem of the public good: Lessons from Fusarium wilt in banana
The control of transboundary plant diseases and the problem of the public good: Lessons from Fusarium wilt in banana Open
Many plant diseases and pests cannot be controlled on-farm as they spread from one field or region to another. This opens up a series of interconnected social, political, and economic questions besides the common technical questions about …
View article: Autonomy in agrarian studies, politics, and movements: An inter‐paradigm debate
Autonomy in agrarian studies, politics, and movements: An inter‐paradigm debate Open
Autonomy has been a term often used in agrarian studies to express the ability of individuals or collective subjects to escape the rule of capital or the control of the state. Academic interventions on autonomy in different fields and disc…
View article: Chondroitin sulfate GAG-replenishment therapy and its effect on restoring the barrier function of urothelium in an experimental model for BPS/IC.
Chondroitin sulfate GAG-replenishment therapy and its effect on restoring the barrier function of urothelium in an experimental model for BPS/IC. Open
Background and Purpose Bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) has been clinically treated with glycosaminoglycan (GAG) replenishment therapy. [1, 2] This study was designed to further understand the physiological mechanism be…
View article: Autonomy and repeasantization: Conceptual, analytical, and methodological problems
Autonomy and repeasantization: Conceptual, analytical, and methodological problems Open
“Autonomy,” as a desirable state, is a notion often used by food sovereignty‐oriented farmer movements and scholars studying repeasantization. The term is predominantly used rather casually, relying on presumed meanings, but van der Ploeg'…
View article: Rethinking conventionalisation: A view from organic agriculture in the Global South
Rethinking conventionalisation: A view from organic agriculture in the Global South Open
The so-called conventionalisation of organic farming debate revolves around tensions between organic agriculture as an alternative to the dominant agri-food system and the rise of organic agribusiness. A contested issue is the conceptualis…
View article: Editorial: Fusarium Wilt of Banana, a Recurring Threat to Global Banana Production
Editorial: Fusarium Wilt of Banana, a Recurring Threat to Global Banana Production Open
TR4 first emerged in Southeast Asia (Ploetz, 1990) and its current rapid spread was analysed by Ordóñez et al. (2015). Subsequent studies showed that the TR4 strain is extremely virulent towards many banana cultivars, including Cavendish c…
View article: Pesticide risk perceptions among bystanders of aerial spraying on bananas in Costa Rica
Pesticide risk perceptions among bystanders of aerial spraying on bananas in Costa Rica Open
Little is known about how bystanders perceive risks from pesticide use in areas with frequent aerial spraying of pesticides. This research aims to better understand how bystanders (school workers) from three counties of the Limón province …
View article: The Politics of Counter-Expertise on Aerial Spraying: Social Movements Denouncing Pesticide Risk Governance in the Philippines
The Politics of Counter-Expertise on Aerial Spraying: Social Movements Denouncing Pesticide Risk Governance in the Philippines Open
In various places in the world, aerial spraying of pesticides has met with resistance from local communities potentially endangered by toxic pesticide drift. Social movements, and the counter-expertise that they mobilise, often trigger cha…
View article: The general ban on aerial spraying of pesticides of the European Union: the policy-making process between 1993-2009
The general ban on aerial spraying of pesticides of the European Union: the policy-making process between 1993-2009 Open
This is a non-peer reviewed report.Data collection and document analysis were carried out by Hannah Zwetsloot.Management, priority given to non-chemical alternatives, minimisation and prohibition of pesticide use in specific areas, and the…
View article: Panama disease and contract farming in the Philippines: Towards a political ecology of risk
Panama disease and contract farming in the Philippines: Towards a political ecology of risk Open
Despite the vast research on contract farming by agrarian scholars, little is known about interactions between biological risks and the social–political effects of contracts. This study analysed contract farming arrangements in the export …
View article: Empowerment through articulations between post-neoliberal politics and neoliberalism: value chain alliances in Bolivia
Empowerment through articulations between post-neoliberal politics and neoliberalism: value chain alliances in Bolivia Open
Development cooperation between the "New Left" governments in Latin America and the World Bank shows the paradoxical and complex nature of social transformation processes initiated by these governments. Using the case of Bolivia, we analys…