Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation
The book presents a critical examination of agricultural development failures in Africa, emphasizing the need for a non-colonial approach to agronomy. William Moseley argues for indigenous methods that foster social innovation, aiming to enhance the livelihoods of small-scale farmers and promote sustainable practices in the region.
This book explores South Africa's land reform program in the post-Apartheid era. Examining land use and land reform from a deep historical perspective, it draws on key recent case studies to assess the progress and ultimate outcome of land redistribution and restitution.
In the American West, water adjudication lawsuits are adversarial, expensive, and lengthy. Unsettled Waters is the first detailed study of water adjudications in New Mexico. The state envisioned adjudication as a straightforward accounting of water rights as private property. However, adjudication resurfaced tensions and created conflicts among water sovereigns at multiple scales. Based on more than ten years of fieldwork, this book tells a fascinating story of resistance involving communal water cultures, Native rights and cleaved identities, clashing experts, and unintended outcomes. Whether the state can alter adjudications to meet the water demands in the twenty-first century will have serious consequences.