Fringe Heroines: Situated Struggles of Women Scientists in Brazilian Agriculture
Feminist scholarship regards the Western scientific revolution and twentieth-century agricultural modernization as patriarchal endeavors...
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Feminist scholarship regards the Western scientific revolution and twentieth-century agricultural modernization as patriarchal endeavors...
Published by: IDS
Globally, our food systems are highly inequitable. In a world with enough food, hunger is becoming normalised for large numbers of...
Published by: IDS
Brazil is recognised as a world leader in the production of agri-food commodities in large, highly mechanised farms, but also as a...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper explores how food inequities manifest at a territorial level, and how food territories are experienced, understood, and navigated by stakeholders to address those inequities. We interpret ‘food territory’ as a relational and transcalar concept, connected through geography, culture, history, and governance.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Food systems are characterised by inequities in every component, from production through to consumption. This paper seeks to make sense of various perspectives and concepts that account for the multiple forms of inequity.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The Cerrado is a natural biome occupying 25 per cent of Brazil’s surface. Compared to the Amazon, it is relatively unknown to international audiences, yet it is currently the world’s largest agricultural frontier.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The Cerrado is a natural biome occupying 25 per cent of Brazil’s surface. Compared to the Amazon, it is relatively unknown to international audiences, yet it is currently the world’s largest agricultural frontier.
Published by: Sage
This paper profiles some key promoters of nature-based and natural systems agriculture – Masanobu Fukuoka, Wes Jackson, Jerome Irvin...
The Green Revolution is often seen as epitomising the dawn of scientific and technological advancement and modernity in the agricultural...
Published by: Taylor and Francis
This paper reviews the latest mechanisation programme by the Mozambican government, asking how it is politically driven and how it...