Examining the political economy of knowledge in responses to the 2009-10 influenza pandemic, To Pandemic or Not? Reconfiguring Global Responses to Influenza argues that globally, and in many individual nations, techno-scientific narratives…
To Pandemic or Not? Reconfiguring Global Responses to Influenza
A new innovation politics for global pathways to sustainability?
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy The ability of innovation – both technical and social – to stretch and redefine ‘limits to growth’ was recognised at Stockholm in 1972,…
Carbon Offsets and Agricultural Livelihoods: Lessons Learned From a Carbon Credit Project in The Transition Zone Of Ghana
As REDD-type becomes an integral part of the international response to climate change, it is important to learn from existing forest carbon offset projects to ensure that REDD+ does not…
The Politics of Agricultural Carbon Finance: The Case of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project
In the context of major scientific and policy concern with the causes and implications of climate change, various actors are now keen to demonstrate how agricultural carbon finance can help…
Why agronomy in the developing world has become contentious
In this paper we argue that over the last 40 years the context of agronomic research in the developing world has changed significantly. Three main changes are identified: the neoliberal turn…
Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa: Improving quality and access for the poor
Routledge/Earthscan 2012 Published in the Pathways to Sustainability book series buy a copy There has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much of Asia and Africa over the…
Transforming Innovation for Sustainability
by Melissa Leach, Johan Rockström, Paul Raskin, Ian Scoones, Andy C. Stirling, Adrian Smith, John Thompson, Erik Millstone, Adrian Ely, Elisa Arond, Carl Folke and Per Olsson A radical new…
Beyond Rio Resource Centre
The Beyond Rio Resource Centre offers information and insight to those interested in new thinking and practical solutions for sustainable futures. A wide variety of resources are featured, from academic papers…
Pastoralism and Development in Africa
This book is available to read Open Access from the publisher’s website. Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins Earthscan / Routledge, July 2012 Read this book…
Special issue: Water grabbing? Focus on the (re)appropriation of finite water resources
Special issue of the journal Water Alternatives, edited by Lyla Mehta, Gert Jan Veldwisch and Jennifer Franco Recent large-scale land acquisitions for agricultural production (including biofuels), popularly known as ‘land grabbing’,…