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Sylvia Kay

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Tweeting on environmental and agrarian justice; rural drug economies; food systems; land, natural resource & climate politics.

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9 Key points on Ukrainian Agriculture in Wartime – Resilience, Reforms, & Markets. Natalia Mamonova summarises the key points from a new long read from @TNInstitute arc2020.eu/9-key-points-o…

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@SylviaKayTNI @MartinJelsmaTNI & David Bewley-Taylor @SwanseaUni discuss concerns over the many for-profit cannabis companies from the Global North aggressively competing and squeezing out small and traditional cannabis farmers from the Global South. scienceopen.com/hosted-documen…

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The heart of Ukrainian agriculture lies in the blend of large-scale industry and family-based farming, creating a diverse rural landscape. How has the war affected this balance? tni.org/en/article/ukr…


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Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted food production, responsible for 10.9% of GDP, threatening global food security. Export-oriented agribusiness suffered, while family farms and rural households provided food for Ukrainians. tni.org/en/article/ukr…


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Organizing the #JPS50 conference has been a labour of love, rendered possible by the incredible generosity and commitment of the College of Humanities and Development (COHD) and the tireless work of the JPS community and its allies and friends from @TNInstitute and @Casas_South

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The EU’s extractive trade policies in Tunisia contribute to #migration ➡️If the EU really wants to address what it calls a ‘migration crisis’, it needs to rethink how it trades with the rest of the world, says @SylviaKayTNI bilaterals.org/?the-eu-s-extr…

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A deal signed between Tunisia and the EU is leaving Tunisian farmers to fend for themselves while a few investors control the production and refinement of olive oil, the nation's biggest export. @SylviaKayTNI explains the situation via @africasacountry buff.ly/3PJhAHp


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"If the EU really wants to address what it calls a 'migration crisis', it needs to rethink its extractive trade policies with the rest of the world, and not enter agreements that only lead to more precarity." — #AJOpinion by @SylviaKayTNI ⤵️ aje.io/zsqq82


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Small scale farmers in Tunisia are caught between two competing and powerful forces, international actors and internal governmental policy that protects corporations. @TNInstitute's @SylviaKayTNI writes for Africa Is a Country: africasacountry.com/2023/09/living…


Tunisia is on the frontlines of an intersecting economic, migrant, climate and food crisis. This latest @TNInstitute and @SiyadaAfrique report analyses the consequences of EU trade policy for food sovereignty and sustainability in Tunisia. @MATS_H2020 tni.org/en/publication…


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Listen to @TNInstitute guests @SylviaKayTNI & colleagues speak about Fair Trade Cannabis bit.ly/TNICannabis at our most recent Journal of Fair Trade Society meeting held on 4th May. Read the related Fair Trade Cannabis article #OpenAccess here bit.ly/TNI_cannabis

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🚨 International conference: Critical Agrarian Studies in the 21st Century 🗓️ Beijing, 10-12 October 2023 It is still time to submit your abstract! Do it before May 5th:⏰ More info here 👇 peasantjournal.org/news/internati…

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TNI researcher @SylviaKayTNI explains how the quest for renewable energy production can facilitate 'green grabbing' - land grabbing in the name of environmental protection, for @BBC future: bbc.com/future/article…


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Water is the substance of life - but today it is increasingly viewed through the lens of its market value. It is now possible to speculate on water futures - and the prognoses are alarming at best. Today, 90% of all climate disasters are water related.👇🧵


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Save 4th May, 3- 4.30pm for the next Journal of Fair Trade Society meeting for updates on the Journal of Fair Trade, how Open Access is going & the push forward to build a global Journal of Fair Trade Society. Register eventbrite.com/e/save-the-dat… Read JoFT bit.ly/JoFT_collection

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Today we're celebrating International Day of #PeasantStruggles. There are more than 600 million farms in the world, and most of them are family farms. But land distribution is shockingly unequal and things keep getting worse. ⬇️🧵


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✊🏽 In the face of endless ‘crises’, communities worldwide are reclaiming their land from corporate hands 📅 On the Int. Day of #PeasantStruggles, we launch a series of articles to bring the right to land back to the political agenda #WeBelongToTheLand 👉 bit.ly/4373V2R

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17 April: International Day of Peasant Struggles! To celebrate @via_campesina's 30th anniversary, we have put together an exceptional collection, with interviews of key leaders of the movement, along with a piece by Jun Borras And it's free access! peasantjournal.org/news/a-special…

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📜Open call for papers! 🌏In October 2023, Beijing, a conference on Critical Agrarian Studies in the 21st Century will mark the 50th anniversary of @Peasant_Journal 📅Deadline: Friday 5 May 2023 tni.org/en/article/ope…


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Come and join us in Beijing!

🚨Call for papers We are celebrating JPS's 50th anniversary with an international conference: Critical Agrarian Studies in the 21st Century 🗓️Beijing, 10-12 October ⏰Submit your abstract between now and May 5th: peasantjournal.org/news/internati…

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