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JPS Summer 2019 Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism at China Agricultural University

The Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS), College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China Agricultural University (Beijing), and Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) are jointly organizing a new initiative: JPS Annual Summer Writeshop-Workshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism for PhD students and young researchers (up to 5 years from PhD completion) who are based in or are originally from…
Andries
May 13, 2019
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Special PLAAS Seminar: What is the Character of the Agrarian Question in contemporary Africa? Tuesday 14 May.

Land and agriculture remain critically important sources of livelihood across Africa, even as rates of  urbanization begin to increase. Yet rural poverty continues to be a major feature of African societies. Can policies that secure access to land and natural resources, and promote agricultural development, contribute to a wider process of social and economic renewal? What other sectors are also…
Andries
May 10, 2019