OCTOBER 2025

Dear Network Members,

Thanks to those of you who expressed your interest in joining the team! We will get back to you before the 24th of October. See below a selection of articles and events we think might be of interest to you all. 

Best wishes,

AgroFutures Team

ACADEMIC ARTICLES & REPORTS

FAO, NRI, AWARD. 2025. The status of women in agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa - Overview. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6631en 

Dorrego Carlón, A., & Bottazzi, P. (2025). Feminist agroecology as a pathway for rural Bolivian women’s emancipation and food system transformation. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2025.2466425

MEDIA ARTICLES

In India, Indigenous women and their 'dream maps' seek to protect lands from climate change | AP News | by Sibi Arasu 

Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured. Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today | The Guardian | by Jamie Tahana

EVENTS & TRAINING

The inaugural International PermaYouth Convergence will take place in Timor-Leste from 20 to 25 October 2025. Find more information about the event, including how to register here: https://permatilglobal.org/ipyc-2025/#youth-participant-groups-international

LIVIANA 2025, the annual Community Economies Conference, will take place on 3-14. November. Registration details etc. are still to be announced but keep an eye out for updates here: https://www.communityeconomies.org/news/liviana-2025-coming-november

Extractive Economies/Insurgent Ecologies: The Contested Politics of Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean A Thematic Workshop hosted by CRoLAC, CLaSP , CCCCJ and FDH Wednesday, 22nd October 2025 Queens Building, Room 215 10:30-18:30, followed by a drinks reception. Please follow this link to register your attendance https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crolac-thematic-workshop-tickets-1742531932919?aff=oddtdtcreator

CALL FOR PAPERS

American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2026 has opened its call for papers and panels: https://aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026

The conference will take place in San Francisco, California and online from March 17 - March 21 2026.

Abstract deadline: 30th October 2025

Session deadline: 4th December 2025