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Flex Crops

Energy and Environment

The intersection of critical crises, from food and energy to climate and finance, unfolds against the backdrop of emerging global hubs of capital such as BRICS nations and select middle-income countries. This dynamic has paved the way for the ascent of 'flex crops and commodities,' characterized by their versatile utility in food, animal feed, fuel, and commercial-industrial applications. Notably, the contemporary global land rush is intricately tied to the proliferation of these multi-use crops and commodities like soy, sugarcane, palm oil, corn, cassava, and industrial trees. This phenomenon, though urgent, remains underexplored. It prompts a vital question: how does this shift affect the approach of scholars, civil society, and grassroots movements in their pursuit of engaged research, public initiatives, and policy advocacy for agrarian justice?

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Think Piece Series on Flex Crops & Commodities

  • The Politics of Flex crops and Commodities Implications for research and policy advocacy

    • Just Transition
    • Flex Crops
    • Climate Crisis
    Report by
    • Jennifer Franco
    • Jun Borras
    • Pietje Vervest
    • S. Ryan Isakson
    • Les Levidow

  • Flex trees Flex trees: Political and rural dimensions in new uses of tree-based commodities

    • Just Transition
    • Flex Crops
    • Climate Crisis
    Report by
    Markus Kröger

  • The Politics of Flexing Soybeans in China and Brazil

    • Just Transition
    • Flex Crops
    • Climate Crisis
    Report by
    • Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira
    • Mindi Schneider

  • The Politics of Sugarcane flexing in Brazil and beyond

    • Just Transition
    • Flex Crops
    • Climate Crisis
    Report by
    • Ben McKay
    • Sérgio Sauer
    • Ben Richardson
    • Roman Herre

  • The Political Economy of Oil Palm as a Flex Crop And its implications for Transnational Advocacy and Campaignings: A Preliminary Discussion

    • Just Transition
    • Flex Crops
    • Climate Crisis
    Paper by
    • Alberto Alonso-Fradejas
    • Juan Liu
    • Tania Salerno
    • Yunan Xu

  • Flex Crops: A Primer

    • Just Transition
    • Flex Crops
    • Climate Crisis
    Primer by
    • Jun Borras
    • Jennifer Franco
    • S. Ryan Isakson
    • Les Levidow
    • Pietje Vervest
    • Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira
    • Mindi Schneider
    • Ben McKay
    • Sérgio Sauer
    • Ben Richardson
    • Roman Herre
    • Alberto Alonso-Fradejas
    • Juan Liu
    • Tania Salerno
    • Yunan Xu
    • Markus Kröger

Experts

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  • Jun Borras Associate

    • Flex Crops
    • Land and Water Grabbing
    • Agroecology

  • Jennifer Franco Researcher

    • Land Policy in Myanmar
    • Land and Water Grabbing

  • Katie Sandwell Programme Coordinator

    • Food Sovereignty
    • Agroecology
    • Just Transition
    • Land and Water Grabbing

  • David Fig Associate

    • Energy Democracy
    • Just Transition
    • Land and Water Grabbing

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