...Satendra Kumar A mass protest by farmers camped outside New Delhi in 2020–21 persuaded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to repeal laws that aimed to further liberalize Indian agricultural markets. The protests reflected the depth of an ongoing agrarian crisis in the Indian countryside...

... that ultimately aligns with capitalist interests. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 Spain far right rural politics ecology environmentalism renewable energy agriculture The 2018 Andalusian elections marked a watershed moment in Spain’s democracy. Against all forecasts...

...Jessica Fanzo Agriculture systems, which account for a sizable share of global greenhouse gas emissions, are placing a growing burden on the environment while also contributing to increasingly common health problems. Climate change is making the situation worse by reducing agricultural productivity...

... of the University of California Gina Ziervogel Southern Africa Botswana Mozambique South Africa Zimbabwe climate change adaptation Limpopo River Basin Cape Town drought floods urban water management agriculture 181 Adaptation is only going to get more challenging as changes...

... Nepal climate change Himalayas glaciers agriculture climate adaptation development caste United Nations Framework Convention Climate Change 135 Clearly, Nepalis have to adapt to climate change. It is less clear what precisely the challenges are and who is best positioned to lead...

... North American Free Trade Agreement Mexico Canada United States trade labor maquiladoras manufacturing agriculture wages inequality immigration Donald Trump migration border The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect nearly a quarter-cen-tury ago, on January 1, 1994...

... of the University of California Rosamond Naylor food security famine hunger agriculture Green Revolution foreign aid population China India climate change malnutrition obesity Ending world hunger is a universal goal, yet progress and social awareness of the issue waxes and wanes...

... Africa climate change adaptation renewable energy drought water resources floods agriculture population growth migration Paris Agreement Morocco Egypt Israel 348 The degree to which states are tolerant of local-level initiatives and mobilization will become only more important...

... agribusiness agriculture apartheid inequality land reform restitution rural land rights African National Congress Zimbabwe 181 Since the end of apartheid, South African land reform has struggled and so far failed to overcome extreme inequalities and historical injustices . . . Stalled Land...

... of the University of California Luc Christiaensen Shantayanan Devarajan Africa income inequality poverty resources agriculture statistics population rural urban development 181 Direct dividend transfer programs are promising as an additional instrument to reduce inequality and increase...

...Joshua Lustig Development expert Lorenzo Cotula, in a forthcoming book, examines investment deals for massive tracts of African agricultural land and their consequences for local people and traditional livelihoods. In doing so he uncovers a number of prevalent misconceptions. The Great African...

... Japan trade Trans-Pacific Partnership Yoshihiko Noda reform agriculture 241 PERSPECTIVE Bilateral US-Japan consultations about Ja-pan s possible participation in a regional free trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), reveal a familiar pattern of American pressure (gaiatsu...

...Mariano Turzi As climate constraints and demographic imperatives make food security an ever more critical issue, agricultural resources may become the new linchpin in international relations. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California...

... economy FDI Cyberabad New Delhi agriculture tariffs Narashima Rao liberalization trade 176 Renewing the momentum of reform, and thereby broadening and reviving growth, is essential if India is to achieve its economic goal of breaking out of the third world. India s Economic Liberalization...

... discovering slave labor on Amazon cattle ranches. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California Brazil landless movement Cardoso Lula land reform Amazon sem-terra agriculture rural Workers' Party 86 Over the last two decades, the Movement...

... to the habitats and resources he depends on. The posters also had a picture of a muddy river with the caption: Slash- and-burn agriculture has brought devastation to the forest, and in its wake, erosion of the topsoil. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPERIALISM This poster succinctly summed up the conserva- tionist position...