The Foundation for Agrarian Studies invites articles for its International Conference on Agrarian Change, scheduled for November 6–9, 2025.
ELIGIBILITY
- Submissions are open to researchers and practitioners working on agrarian issues.
- Early-career researchers and doctoral students are encouraged to apply.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
- Authors must submit an extended abstract of 1000 words outlining the research question, methodology, key arguments, and expected contributions.
- The abstract should pertain to subjects listed under the conference themes. (See details below)
- All abstracts will be peer-reviewed by a committee of experts.
- The abstracts should be submitted in .docx or .pdf formats.
- The last date for submission of abstract is June 30, 2025
FULL PAPER SUBMISSION
- Selected authors will be invited to submit full papers (6,000–8,000 words) after abstract review.
- Accepted papers will be presented in thematic sessions.
- The last date for submission of the full paper is September 10, 2025.
in the Countryside
- Rural socio-economic classes
- Women in the rural labour force
- Economic conditions of people of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of India and other victims of sectional social discrimination
- Incomes from agriculture and related activities
- Contemporary agrarian movements
in Rural Areas
- Concepts and measurement of poverty, deprivation, and human development
- Trends in poverty and rural wages and earnings
- Poverty and living standards among rural workers, including poverty with respect to access to land and productive assets, to food and nutrition insecurity, and to housing and basic amenities
- Strategies of poverty reduction
- Growing inequalities in wages, incomes and wealth, including rural-urban inequality and their implications, in particular, for women in rural economies
in Advancing Agriculture
- Scientific and technological transformations in agriculture, fisheries, animal resources, and related fields
- Biotechnology and agricultural advancement
- Digital technologies and agricultural advancement
- Problems of scale in agricultural and rural production
- Scientific assessments of approaches to sustainability
Agriculture and Rural Development
- Climate adaptation and its impact on production and inequality
- Inequality on the scale and scope of mitigation in agriculture