Haroon Akram-Lodhi
@ahakram-lodhi
Professor Emeritus of Economics, Global Justice and Development at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada, whose research is on the feminist political ecology of agrarian change, livelihoods and food systems.
In the @fao.org's "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026" "undernourishment" is when a person gets inadequate dietary energy for "a normal, active and healthy life." Measuring undernourishment asks whether energy intake achieves the minimum requirement. Is this the same?
I am extraordinarily pleased to say that Emil Memis, held in Sincan Prison in Turkey since 23 June, has been released. Although she is still charged she will go free because there can be no evidence of a "terrorist organization" that does not exist
Emel Memiş is still being held in Sincan Prison in Turkey, were she has been a prisoner since 23 June. Here is an update. I stand with Emel. You should too.
I have to say: I love Messi just sitting there, taking it all in, knowing it's the last time. It's quite moving
This is before the impact of the drought in the US, the poor monsoon in South Asia, and the forthcoming onset of El Nino is factored in. Get ready for a rough ride
That's it! The end of a fantastic #IAFFE2026 hosted by the OEM in Cali, Colombia. See you next year in Okayama, Japan @iaffe.bsky.social
The great @nancyfolbre.bsky.social speaking on "Feminist economics and the new politics of gender equality," the closing plenary of #IAFFE2026 @iaffe.bsky.social
The winners of the poster presentation for excellence at #IAFFE2026 @iaffe.bsky.social
Recovering feminist economic thought in the countries of the global South during the colonial period. A fascinating feminist form of subaltern studies. Fascinating! #IAFFE2026 @iaffe.bsky.social
Gender dimensions of post-harvest farm production losses? Of course there are! #IAFFE2026 @iaffe.bsky.social
Marcella Corsi, the President of @iaffe.bsky.social, reads aloud a letter to the International Association for Feminist Economics from Emel Memis, who has been held in a Turkish prison for 3 weeks for belonging to a terrorist organization that does not exist. I stand with Emel. Do you? #IAFFE2026
The new member's breakfast - the use of bingo was a really great icebreaker - at #IAFFE2026 @iaffe.bsky.social
The local plenary on feminist economics and feminist movements in Colombia at #IAFFE2026 @iaffe.bsky.social
What are the hidden dimensions of ownership, work, renumeration and spending on your lunch plate? "Mapping gender in agrifood systems" at #IAFFE2926 @iaffe.bsky.social
An absolutely fantastic panel on "The geographies of care and social reproduction" at #IAFFE2026 @iaffe.bsky.social
It has to be said: sitting in a neighbourhood bar in Cali waiting for the football and letting the world pass by has a lot to be said for it
Without doubt, the greatest football game in African history. The determination: that's Africa
Thousands dead across Europe yet political leaders do not treat climate breakdown as an absolute priority
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Dialectical Anthropology 50 (2) is entitled "Keywords Revisited,' after Raymond Williams' classic 1976 book. The papers place keywords in historical and contemporary contexts and point in the direction of anti-capitalist struggles. It is a wonderful resource link.springer.com/journal/1062...
Don't let the title fool you. This Call for Papers is by a group of Gazan agricultural scholars rooted in food regime and food sovereignty analysis. It will also be the first academic conference organized by an institution in Gaza since the genocide