Narrow and brittle or broad and nimble? Comparing adaptive capacity in simplifying and diversifying farming systems

M Petersen-Rockney, P Baur, A Guzman… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Humanity faces a triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss, and global food insecurity.
In response, increasing the general adaptive capacity of farming systems is essential. We …

The political ecology of food: Carving 'spaces of possibility'in a new research agenda

A Moragues-Faus, T Marsden - Journal of rural studies, 2017 - Elsevier
In times of austerity and global environmental change, recent crises related to food (in)
securities and (un) sustainabilities urge us to reposition agri-food research. We argue that …

Resistance, acquiescence or incorporation? An introduction to land grabbing and political reactions 'from below'

R Hall, M Edelman, SM Borras, I Scoones… - … Land Grabbing and …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Political reactions 'from below'to global land grabbing have been vastly more varied and
complex than is usually assumed. This essay introduces a collection of ground-breaking …

[PDF][PDF] Emancipatory rural politics: Confronting authoritarian populism

I Scoones, M Edelman, SM Borras Jr… - The journal of …, 2018 - library.oapen.org
A new political moment is underway. Although there are significant differences in how this is
constituted in different places, one manifestation of the new moment is the rise of distinct …

Sustainable livelihoods in the global land rush? Archetypes of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability potentials

C Oberlack, L Tejada, P Messerli, S Rist… - Global environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) have become a major concern for land use
sustainability at a global scale. A considerable body of case studies has shown that the …

Beyond land grabs: new insights on land struggles and global agrarian change

G de LT Oliveira, BM McKay, J Liu - Beyond the Global Land Grab, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
The conjunction of climate, food, and financial crises in the late 2000s triggered renewed
interest in farmland and agribusiness investments around the world. This phenomenon …

Adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and food security threats: Effects of land tenure in Zambia

W Nkomoki, M Bavorová, J Banout - Land use policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Among environmental challenges, sustainable agricultural practices (SAP) are imperative to
attain better agricultural productivity and food security status of smallholder farms in sub …

[HTML][HTML] Land tenure, food security, gender and urbanization in Northern Ghana

EB Nchanji, T Chagomoka, I Bellwood-Howard… - Land use policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Links between land tenure and food and nutritional insecurity are receiving increased
attention. Nevertheless, urban and periurban dwellers face challenges in accessing land to …

Peasant and indigenous transnational social movements engaging with climate justice

P Claeys, D Delgado Pugley - Canadian Journal of Development …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This article offers a comparative account of the engagement of two key transnational social
movements, the agrarian movement La Via Campesina (LVC) and the International …

New geographical directions for food systems governance research

C Yap - Progress in Human Geography, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Food systems governance has emerged as a distinct focus of geographical research.
Researchers and policymakers are increasingly engaging with food systems as complex …