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The Peasant as ‘Canary’? Not too early warnings of global catastrophe

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Philip McMichael argues that an ecological sensibility is needed to challenge corporate retailers appropriating local foods. To address the conjuncture of food, energy, and climate crises, the world needs a reversal of the modernist distaste for smallholder farming, fishing, and pastoralism – rejecting the view of the peasant as (disposable) canary, and recognizing the adaptability of peasants to ecological changes under conditions of global warming. Development (2008) 51, 504–511. doi:10.1057/dev.2008.56

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  • Philip Mcmichael, 2008. "The Peasant as ‘Canary’? Not too early warnings of global catastrophe," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 51(4), pages 504-511, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:develp:v:51:y:2008:i:4:p:504-511
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    1. Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey & Joseph Awetori Yaro & Joseph Kofi Teye, 2016. "Farm to Factory Gendered Employment: The Case of Blue Skies Outgrower Scheme in Ghana," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 5(1), pages 77-97, April.

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