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Landmine Clearance and Peacebuilding: Evidence from Somaliland (2021)
Journal Article
Ikpe, E., & Njeri, S. (2021). Landmine Clearance and Peacebuilding: Evidence from Somaliland. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 17(1), 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/15423166211068324

The mine action sector has struggled to demonstrate the socioeconomic benefits of mine clearance. Previous academic studies have made important contributions but have been limited in offering in-depth discussions of causal pathways. This paper seeks... Read More about Landmine Clearance and Peacebuilding: Evidence from Somaliland.

From Warriors to Mere Chicken Men, and Other Troubles: An Ordinary Language Survey of Notions of Resilience in Ngakarimojong (2021)
Journal Article
Bimeny, P., Angolere, B. P., Nangiro, S., Sagal, I. A., & Emai, J. (2021). From Warriors to Mere Chicken Men, and Other Troubles: An Ordinary Language Survey of Notions of Resilience in Ngakarimojong. Civil Wars, 24(2-3), 254-279. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2022.2015215

We examine some vernacular concepts that reflect Karamojong understanding and everyday experience of resilience following a devastating disarmament process, and what this means for resilience-driven humanitarian-development processes. We found that w... Read More about From Warriors to Mere Chicken Men, and Other Troubles: An Ordinary Language Survey of Notions of Resilience in Ngakarimojong.

‘Everything peasants do is illegal’: Colombian coca growers’ everyday experiences of law enforcement and its impacts on state legitimacy (2021)
Journal Article
Acero, C., & Thomson, F. (2022). ‘Everything peasants do is illegal’: Colombian coca growers’ everyday experiences of law enforcement and its impacts on state legitimacy. Third World Quarterly, 43(11), 2674-2692. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2021.1971517

For decades, Colombian governments have imposed a narrative linking illegal crops with statelessness and presenting ‘more state’ and specifically ‘more law enforcement’ as the solution to a swathe of problems in drug-producing regions. We draw on coc... Read More about ‘Everything peasants do is illegal’: Colombian coca growers’ everyday experiences of law enforcement and its impacts on state legitimacy.

Desperate, deceived and disappointed: women’s lives and labour in rural Ethiopia and Uganda (2021)
Journal Article
Sender, J., & Cramer, C. (2022). Desperate, deceived and disappointed: women’s lives and labour in rural Ethiopia and Uganda. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 40(2), 153-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2021.1998393

Life history interviews from Ethiopia and Uganda, organised around experiences of wage labour, provide rich evidence on the working conditions of many poor, rural women and on what leads them to work for wages. The life histories confirm and illumina... Read More about Desperate, deceived and disappointed: women’s lives and labour in rural Ethiopia and Uganda.

India’s informal capitalism: social structures of accumulation, forms of exploitation and social reproduction in the Sweatshop Regime (2021)
Book Chapter
Mezzadri, A. (2021). India’s informal capitalism: social structures of accumulation, forms of exploitation and social reproduction in the Sweatshop Regime. In T. McDonough, D. M. Kotz, & M. Reich (Eds.), Handbook on Social Structure of Accumulation Theory, Edited by Terrence McDonough, Cian McMahon and David M. Kotz (152-169). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975971.00023

This chapter reflects on the achievements of the Social Structure of Accumulation School (SSA) in contributing to our understanding of Indian informal capitalism. At the same time, it also indicates ways to integrate this approach with other theoreti... Read More about India’s informal capitalism: social structures of accumulation, forms of exploitation and social reproduction in the Sweatshop Regime.

Role of staple cereals in human nutrition: Separating the wheat from the chaff in the infodemics age (2021)
Journal Article
Erenstein, O., Poole, N., & Donovan, J. (2022). Role of staple cereals in human nutrition: Separating the wheat from the chaff in the infodemics age. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 119, 508-513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.11.033

Background: Staple cereals always have been important dietary components, yet recent debates on their role in human diets are riddled with myths and misinformation. Scope and approach: This article examines the informational controversies, particular... Read More about Role of staple cereals in human nutrition: Separating the wheat from the chaff in the infodemics age.

Contract Farming (2021)
Book Chapter
Pérez Niño, H., & Oya, C. (2021). Contract Farming. In A. Akram-Lodhi, K. Dietz, B. Engels, & B. McKay (Eds.), Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies (417-426). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972468.00057

Contract farming is an arrangement in which buyers request farmers to provide agricultural goods under contract, as opposed to procuring these in spot markets. This chapter provides an introduction to contract farming and explains its significance an... Read More about Contract Farming.

Entangled lives: drug assemblages in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan (2021)
Journal Article
Goodhand, J., & Pain, A. (2022). Entangled lives: drug assemblages in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan. Third World Quarterly, 43(11), 2654-2673. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2021.2002139

This article, focussing on Badakhshan province in north-east Afghanistan, explores the lifeworld of drugs and their entangled connections with people, places and things. It follows the journeys of drugs from the farmers’ fields, through their various... Read More about Entangled lives: drug assemblages in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan.