Publications

Elissa Dickson, Nathan Clay. 2024. "Eat up. Save Earth." Alternative proteins and the myth of inevitable sustainability. Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103447

The emerging agri-food tech sector promises to solve myriad environmental problems. This article considers the sociotechnical imaginaries that animate these claims. We focus on plant-based meat and dairy substitutes, or 'alternative proteins' (APs). To examine how APs are constructed as environmental solutions, we analyzed marketing materials, sustainability reports, and interviews. Our study illustrates how environmental metr...

Nathan Clay, Kayla Yurco. 2024. Beyond the ‘gender gap’ in agriculture: Africa's Green Revolution and gendered rural transformation in Rwanda. Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103444

The African Green Revolution (AGR) aims to modernize, intensify, and commercialize agriculture through increasing technology adoption by smallholder farmers. AGR interventions also promote gender equality, aiming to close the ‘gender gap’ in agriculture by enhancing women's access to purchased inputs, technology, land, and finance. With an empirical focus on Rwanda, this article examines the gendered implications of the AGR. W...