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The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economy (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Mezzadri, A., & Banerjee, K. (2021). The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economy. Helsinki

The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated processes of labour transition from industrial work to the informal economy, which have always characterized the life of the working poor. Exploring urban-to-rural labour transitions through a feminist political ec... Read More about The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economy.

Is the system of rice intensification (SRI) pro poor? Labour, class and technological change in West Africa (2021)
Journal Article
Graf, S. L., & Oya, C. (2021). Is the system of rice intensification (SRI) pro poor? Labour, class and technological change in West Africa. Agricultural Systems, 193, Article 103229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103229

CONTEXT: Increasing numbers of young people enter Sub-Saharan Africa's labour markets each year while industrial jobs only grow slowly. As 62% of Sub-Saharan Africans work in agriculture and as the rural population will continue to rise, agriculture... Read More about Is the system of rice intensification (SRI) pro poor? Labour, class and technological change in West Africa.

Land, climate change and internal migration among the Wolayta youth of southwest Ethiopia (2021)
Report
Tsegay, B. (2021). Land, climate change and internal migration among the Wolayta youth of southwest Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, internal migration of youth from rural to urban centres is a significant and growing phenomenon. Rapid urbanisation, greater investment in cities and the lack of opportunities in rural areas for farm and off-farm employment are some of t... Read More about Land, climate change and internal migration among the Wolayta youth of southwest Ethiopia.

Continuing cereals research for sustainable health and well-being (2021)
Journal Article
Poole, N., Donovan, J., & Erenstein, O. (2022). Continuing cereals research for sustainable health and well-being. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 20(5), 693-704. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2021.1975437

Cereals research over the past fifty years has led to huge improvements in production, productivity and food security. The current emphasis in agri-nutrition on micronutrients has cast doubt on the need to continue to invest in cereals. However, besi... Read More about Continuing cereals research for sustainable health and well-being.

Land formalization: The new magic bullet in counternarcotics? A case study of coca cultivation and tenure (in)formality from Colombia (2021)
Journal Article
Thomson, F., Parada-Hernandez, M., & Acero, C. (2021). Land formalization: The new magic bullet in counternarcotics? A case study of coca cultivation and tenure (in)formality from Colombia. World Development, 149, Article 105680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105680

Both policymakers and scholars have suggested that informal land tenure contributes to the perpetuation of illicit drug crop cultivation and, conversely, that land formalization programs serve counternarcotics aims. This article examines some of the... Read More about Land formalization: The new magic bullet in counternarcotics? A case study of coca cultivation and tenure (in)formality from Colombia.

"Ploughing the land five times": Opium and agrarian change in the ceasefire landscapes of south-western Shan State, Myanmar (2021)
Journal Article
Meehan, P. (2022). "Ploughing the land five times": Opium and agrarian change in the ceasefire landscapes of south-western Shan State, Myanmar. Journal of Agrarian Change, 22(2), 254-277. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12446

This paper explores the relationship between the illicit opium economy and processes of agrarian change in south-western Shan State, Myanmar. This is a region where opium production has risen significantly since the 1990s despite the declining territ... Read More about "Ploughing the land five times": Opium and agrarian change in the ceasefire landscapes of south-western Shan State, Myanmar.