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Marine Degradation and Market Dependency in Ghana: Food Sovereignty as a Critique of Capital in Aquatic Food Systems 加纳的海洋退化和市场依赖：粮食主权作为对水产食品系统资本的批判

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70013

Sophie Standen

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GM Crops and the Jevons Paradox: Induced Innovation, Systemic Effects and Net Pesticide Increases From Pesticide-Decreasing Crops 转基因作物和杰文斯悖论：诱导创新、系统效应和减少农药作物的净农药增加

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70006

Andrew Flachs, Glenn Davis Stone, Steven Hallett, K. R. Kranthi

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The Class Dynamics of Ocean Grabbing: Who Are the ‘Fisher Peoples’? 抢夺海洋的阶级动态：谁是“渔民”？

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70011

Mads Barbesgaard

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Pelagic Imperialism in the 21st Century? A Geopolitical Economy of China's Distant Water Fishing Industry 21世纪的远洋帝国主义？中国远洋渔业的地缘政治经济

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70005

Liam Campling

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Generational Reproduction of Indonesian Smallholder Farming: Cases From Java and Flores 印尼小农农业的代际再生产：爪哇和弗洛雷斯的案例

IF 2.9 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70010

Aprilia Ambarwati, Charina Chazali, Roy Huijsmans, Isono Sadoko, Ben White, Hanny Wijaya

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Rural Land Markets and Accumulation in an Agrarian Periphery: A Class-Relational Approach to Rentierism in India 农业边缘地区的农村土地市场与积累：印度食利者主义的阶级关系研究

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70001

Mihika Chatterjee

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Sustainability for Finance: Situating Green Bonds in the Assetization of Brazilian Agriculture 金融的可持续性：绿色债券在巴西农业资产化中的定位

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Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-10 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70004

Vanessa Parreira Perin

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Theatre of Enforcement at Sea: The Global Fight Against ‘Illegal Fishing’ and the Criminalisation of Fisher Peoples and Exploitation of Fish Workers 海上执法剧场：全球打击“非法捕鱼”、将渔民定罪和剥削渔业工人

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70009

Paula Satizábal, Gina Noriega-Narváez, Lina M. Saavedra-Díaz, Philippe Le Billon

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Tastes for Luxury: How Dietary Aspirations Underpin Food Regimes 《奢侈品味：饮食欲望如何支撑饮食制度》

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70008

Marylynn Steckley

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A Just Transition or a Downward Spiral? Land and Livelihood Transitions to and Away From Coal Mining in India 公正的过渡还是恶性循环？印度土地和生计向煤炭开采和远离煤炭开采的转变

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70003

Patrik Oskarsson, Suravee Nayak, Nikas Kindo

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