Chris Huggins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3789484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Huggins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Huggins |
| SIGNATURE | HUGGINS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1318-9194 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Enabling Conditions for Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in the Guinean Forests of West Africa
This article presents findings of the baseline survey for the project “Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in the Guinean forests of West Africa” in the context of relevant legal, policy, institutional, and gender equity issues in six biodiverse and climate-change sensitive areas in three countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Guinea. Quantitative and qualitative data suggests that there are differences between the perceptions and/or expe…
Women's rights to land in Tanzania
Gender, livelihoods and local development in artisanal and small-scale mining areas
This article uses data collected from male and female miners and gemstone traders in an amethyst production zone in Zambia and tanzanite production zone in Tanzania to explore the gendered dynamics of investment of artisanal and small-scale mining profits in local communities. We investigated payment arrangements at mining sites and variations between how men and women are paid; and asked how men and women use proceeds from mining. These research…
Securitization of the mining sector? The role of the armed forces in state interventions in Tanzania
Does the Canadian government support women's rights to land in sub-Saharan Africa
Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) commits Canada to promote the land rights of women, and to provide at least 50 per cent of bilateral funding to sub-Saharan African countries by 2021. This article seeks to answer the question: What is the Government of Canada (GAC) currently doing to strengthen women's land rights in Africa? We identified GAC-funded projects which include components to support women's rights to land in Ang…
How is gender investigated in African climate change research? A systematic review of the literature
Is collaboration possible between the small-scale and large-scale mining sectors? Evidence from ‘Conflict-Free Mining’ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important livelihood activity for millions of people across the globe. Often, small-scale miners operate in, or adjacent to large-scale mining (LSM) concessions, potentially leading to conflict. Multilateral organizations and some governments have encouraged collaboration between ASM and LSM, prompting an academic debate over the risks and rewards of such approaches. This article argues that the local …
State-led efforts to reduce environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania
The political economy of land law and policy reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo
This article provides an overview of the contemporary land reform process in the Democratic Republic of Congo and presents strategies used by various local, national and international actors to influence the reform. It also indicates how initiatives in the forestry and agriculture sectors influence land reform. Using a conceptual framework of institutional bricolage, we avoid simple notions of “policy failure” in order to indicate how spaces may …
The Rwandan agrarian and land sector modernisation
Rwanda has embarked on an ambitious policy package to modernise and professionalise the agrarian and land sector. Its reform fits into a broader call – supported by major international donors – to implement a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa. After 10 years of implementation, there is increased production output and value-addition in commercialised commodity chains. These are promising results. However, poverty reduction, particularly in mo…
Agricultural Reform in Rwanda
“International observers have lauded Rwanda as an example of an African country taking control of its own development trajectory, and as a market-friendly destination for investment. A key component of this narrative has been an ambitious programme of agricultural reform, involving private firms, NGOs, and international charities. The Rwandan government claims these reforms have been a resounding success, tripling crop yields and helping to comba…
Discipline, Governmentality and 'Developmental Patrimonialism
An ongoing academic debate examines the implications of 'developmental patrimonialism' for African citizens. Rwanda is a key case study in this debate, with proponents of developmental patrimonialism and 'party capitalism' arguing that companies owned by the ruling party or the military play positive roles in economic development. This debate often focuses on macro-level, elite politics. This paper instead uses a Foucauldian lens to examine the m…
There is No Program Without Farmers”
Increase in ownership and use of radios and mobile phones in Uganda may present opportunities for interactive and efficient agricultural extension services. Yet the impact of interactive radio on rural development has rarely been evaluated. In a participatory project, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature together with Farm Radio International and stakeholders from local government, radio, and community-based organizations promot…
A ‘cartography of concern’
Artisanal and small-scale mining
Disputes and dispossession of property rights in the mining sector are causes of injustice, violence and forced displacement around the world. Many artisanal and small-scale mining policy initiatives are embedded in problematic conceptual and institutional frameworks that implicitly stigmatise and discipline artisanal and small-scale miners. This collection takes a critical look at notions of property to destabilise some of these frameworks.
Repairing Domestic Climate Displacement
Engaging in community conversation
Community conversations are structured, inclusive conversations that bring together a group of people to engage in meaningful conversation, share knowledge and ideas, and discuss solutions to complex problems. This article focuses on the methodological aspects of using community conversations as a research approach. Participants included paramedics, ambulance service managers, paramedicine students and paramedicine educators, who gathered at La T…
Agricultural Policies and Local Grievances in Rural Rwanda
Many observers have identified land and agricultural reform as potential sources of instability and conflict in Rwanda. Agriculture is of central importance to the Rwandan economy, yet it faces str
A ‘cartography of concern’
The Rwandan agrarian and land sector modernisation
Rwanda has embarked on an ambitious policy package to modernise and professionalise the agrarian and land sector. Its reform fits into a broader call – supported by major international donors – to implement a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa. After 10 years of implementation, there is increased production output and value-addition in commercialised commodity chains. These are promising results. However, poverty reduction, particularly in mo…
State-led efforts to reduce environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania
Agricultural Policies and Local Grievances in Rural Rwanda
Many observers have identified land and agricultural reform as potential sources of instability and conflict in Rwanda. Agriculture is of central importance to the Rwandan economy, yet it faces str
The political economy of land law and policy reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo
This article provides an overview of the contemporary land reform process in the Democratic Republic of Congo and presents strategies used by various local, national and international actors to influence the reform. It also indicates how initiatives in the forestry and agriculture sectors influence land reform. Using a conceptual framework of institutional bricolage, we avoid simple notions of “policy failure” in order to indicate how spaces may …
Securitization of the mining sector? The role of the armed forces in state interventions in Tanzania
Gender, livelihoods and local development in artisanal and small-scale mining areas
This article uses data collected from male and female miners and gemstone traders in an amethyst production zone in Zambia and tanzanite production zone in Tanzania to explore the gendered dynamics of investment of artisanal and small-scale mining profits in local communities. We investigated payment arrangements at mining sites and variations between how men and women are paid; and asked how men and women use proceeds from mining. These research…
Is collaboration possible between the small-scale and large-scale mining sectors? Evidence from ‘Conflict-Free Mining’ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important livelihood activity for millions of people across the globe. Often, small-scale miners operate in, or adjacent to large-scale mining (LSM) concessions, potentially leading to conflict. Multilateral organizations and some governments have encouraged collaboration between ASM and LSM, prompting an academic debate over the risks and rewards of such approaches. This article argues that the local …
Discipline, Governmentality and 'Developmental Patrimonialism
An ongoing academic debate examines the implications of 'developmental patrimonialism' for African citizens. Rwanda is a key case study in this debate, with proponents of developmental patrimonialism and 'party capitalism' arguing that companies owned by the ruling party or the military play positive roles in economic development. This debate often focuses on macro-level, elite politics. This paper instead uses a Foucauldian lens to examine the m…
There is No Program Without Farmers”
Increase in ownership and use of radios and mobile phones in Uganda may present opportunities for interactive and efficient agricultural extension services. Yet the impact of interactive radio on rural development has rarely been evaluated. In a participatory project, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature together with Farm Radio International and stakeholders from local government, radio, and community-based organizations promot…
Agricultural Policies and Local Grievances in Rural Rwanda
Many observers have identified land and agricultural reform as potential sources of instability and conflict in Rwanda. Agriculture is of central importance to the Rwandan economy, yet it faces str
Engaging in community conversation
Community conversations are structured, inclusive conversations that bring together a group of people to engage in meaningful conversation, share knowledge and ideas, and discuss solutions to complex problems. This article focuses on the methodological aspects of using community conversations as a research approach. Participants included paramedics, ambulance service managers, paramedicine students and paramedicine educators, who gathered at La T…
Repairing Domestic Climate Displacement
There is No Program Without Farmers”
Increase in ownership and use of radios and mobile phones in Uganda may present opportunities for interactive and efficient agricultural extension services. Yet the impact of interactive radio on rural development has rarely been evaluated. In a participatory project, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature together with Farm Radio International and stakeholders from local government, radio, and community-based organizations promot…
A ‘cartography of concern’
Artisanal and small-scale mining
Disputes and dispossession of property rights in the mining sector are causes of injustice, violence and forced displacement around the world. Many artisanal and small-scale mining policy initiatives are embedded in problematic conceptual and institutional frameworks that implicitly stigmatise and discipline artisanal and small-scale miners. This collection takes a critical look at notions of property to destabilise some of these frameworks.
Agricultural Reform in Rwanda
“International observers have lauded Rwanda as an example of an African country taking control of its own development trajectory, and as a market-friendly destination for investment. A key component of this narrative has been an ambitious programme of agricultural reform, involving private firms, NGOs, and international charities. The Rwandan government claims these reforms have been a resounding success, tripling crop yields and helping to comba…
Discipline, Governmentality and 'Developmental Patrimonialism
An ongoing academic debate examines the implications of 'developmental patrimonialism' for African citizens. Rwanda is a key case study in this debate, with proponents of developmental patrimonialism and 'party capitalism' arguing that companies owned by the ruling party or the military play positive roles in economic development. This debate often focuses on macro-level, elite politics. This paper instead uses a Foucauldian lens to examine the m…
The Rwandan agrarian and land sector modernisation
Rwanda has embarked on an ambitious policy package to modernise and professionalise the agrarian and land sector. Its reform fits into a broader call – supported by major international donors – to implement a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa. After 10 years of implementation, there is increased production output and value-addition in commercialised commodity chains. These are promising results. However, poverty reduction, particularly in mo…
The political economy of land law and policy reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo
This article provides an overview of the contemporary land reform process in the Democratic Republic of Congo and presents strategies used by various local, national and international actors to influence the reform. It also indicates how initiatives in the forestry and agriculture sectors influence land reform. Using a conceptual framework of institutional bricolage, we avoid simple notions of “policy failure” in order to indicate how spaces may …
State-led efforts to reduce environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania
How is gender investigated in African climate change research? A systematic review of the literature
Is collaboration possible between the small-scale and large-scale mining sectors? Evidence from ‘Conflict-Free Mining’ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important livelihood activity for millions of people across the globe. Often, small-scale miners operate in, or adjacent to large-scale mining (LSM) concessions, potentially leading to conflict. Multilateral organizations and some governments have encouraged collaboration between ASM and LSM, prompting an academic debate over the risks and rewards of such approaches. This article argues that the local …
Gender, livelihoods and local development in artisanal and small-scale mining areas
This article uses data collected from male and female miners and gemstone traders in an amethyst production zone in Zambia and tanzanite production zone in Tanzania to explore the gendered dynamics of investment of artisanal and small-scale mining profits in local communities. We investigated payment arrangements at mining sites and variations between how men and women are paid; and asked how men and women use proceeds from mining. These research…
Securitization of the mining sector? The role of the armed forces in state interventions in Tanzania
Does the Canadian government support women's rights to land in sub-Saharan Africa
Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) commits Canada to promote the land rights of women, and to provide at least 50 per cent of bilateral funding to sub-Saharan African countries by 2021. This article seeks to answer the question: What is the Government of Canada (GAC) currently doing to strengthen women's land rights in Africa? We identified GAC-funded projects which include components to support women's rights to land in Ang…
Enabling Conditions for Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in the Guinean Forests of West Africa
This article presents findings of the baseline survey for the project “Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in the Guinean forests of West Africa” in the context of relevant legal, policy, institutional, and gender equity issues in six biodiverse and climate-change sensitive areas in three countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Guinea. Quantitative and qualitative data suggests that there are differences between the perceptions and/or expe…
Women's rights to land in Tanzania
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