The TAPESTRY research project is exploring how transformations may occur ‘from below’ in marginal environments with high levels of uncertainty. In this blog post, Shababa Haque and Mahmuda Mity, part…
A Tale of Crab Farming in Satkhira: Navigating Uncertainties ‘from below’ in the Sundarbans
What can the land-water-environment ‘nexus’ do for young farmers in Kenya?
The agrifood system is one of the best examples of the ‘nexus’ of land, water, and the environment. In Kenya, as in some other African countries, there is a push…
Why does public research money often fail to support sustainable and just food systems?
The European Union and its Member States spend considerable amounts of their budget on supporting Research and Development (R&D) activities. In the summer of 2019, the EU Commission announced how…
How can we rethink progressive transformations to sustainability?
In a series of three recent blog posts, Andy Stirling reflects on the governance of transformations to sustainability, and what it means for opening up spaces for politics and democracy….
Going deeper with value chain analysis: understanding power relations for animal disease control in Myanmar
Value chain analysis is already praised as a powerful tool for animal disease control. International organisations such as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) routinely conduct value chain analyses…
Uncertainty and the Zimbabwean economy
Over the last month there have been a number of reviews of progress – or the lack of it – since the ‘coup’ of November 2017 (see, for example, a…