Lora Forsythe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6291790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lora Forsythe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lora |
| FAMILY NAME | Forsythe |
| SIGNATURE | FORSYTHE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Greenwich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9931-4453 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Guardianas del Agua del Putumayo
Drawing on the experience of the social movement Guardianas del Agua del Putumayo (Water Guardians of Putumayo) in southern Colombia, this article is co-authored by three feminist-activist-scholars, including a member of the movement, and combines situated evidence and engagement with literature to examine the intersections between energy-transition extractivism, ecological degradation, and gender-based violence. The research and experiential fin…
Gender mainstreaming in sweetpotato breeding in Uganda
Purpose In Uganda, sweetpotato [ Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] is typically a “woman’s crop,” grown, processed, stored and also mainly consumed by smallholder farmers for food and income. Farmers value sweetpotato for its early maturity, resilience to stresses, and minimal input requirements. However, productivity remains low despite the effort of breeding programs to introduce new varieties. Low uptake of new varieties is partly attributed to previo…
Strengthening resilience in response to Covid-19
COVID-19 has revealed new tensions and exacerbated old fragilities in global food systems, characterised by the systemic socio-economic reliance on invisible, unpaid and devalued work. We argue that, in the same way environmental concerns have become integral to the Sustainable Food Systems agenda, a social reproduction approach, informed by geographies of care, are essential for a critical analysis and the search for alternatives. By linking ana…
Women Eat More Rice and Banana
An original approach was used to examine how staple food choice differs by gender and migration: this consisted of a quantitative survey (six locations with urban consumers from various economic classes (n = 123)), a qualitative in-depth interview with a subset of those consumers (n = 18), and focus group discussions (n = 13). Men and women had similar results in terms of their preferred staple food choice attributes; yet women indicated consumin…
Beliefs, Taboos and Minor Crop Value Chains
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean) is a source of food for smallholder farmers that is increasingly promoted for its drought tolerance, soil-enhancing qualities and nutritious properties. Being an accessible crop to smallholders, it has also recently been the focus of support to develop its value chain in Malawi. However, bambara groundnut is featured in the belief systems of rural people in Malawi, and may infl…
Strengthening resilience in response to Covid-19
COVID-19 has revealed new tensions and exacerbated old fragilities in global food systems, characterised by the systemic socio-economic reliance on invisible, unpaid and devalued work. We argue that, in the same way environmental concerns have become integral to the Sustainable Food Systems agenda, a social reproduction approach, informed by geographies of care, are essential for a critical analysis and the search for alternatives. By linking ana…
Beliefs, Taboos and Minor Crop Value Chains
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean) is a source of food for smallholder farmers that is increasingly promoted for its drought tolerance, soil-enhancing qualities and nutritious properties. Being an accessible crop to smallholders, it has also recently been the focus of support to develop its value chain in Malawi. However, bambara groundnut is featured in the belief systems of rural people in Malawi, and may infl…
Women Eat More Rice and Banana
An original approach was used to examine how staple food choice differs by gender and migration: this consisted of a quantitative survey (six locations with urban consumers from various economic classes (n = 123)), a qualitative in-depth interview with a subset of those consumers (n = 18), and focus group discussions (n = 13). Men and women had similar results in terms of their preferred staple food choice attributes; yet women indicated consumin…
Strengthening resilience in response to Covid-19
COVID-19 has revealed new tensions and exacerbated old fragilities in global food systems, characterised by the systemic socio-economic reliance on invisible, unpaid and devalued work. We argue that, in the same way environmental concerns have become integral to the Sustainable Food Systems agenda, a social reproduction approach, informed by geographies of care, are essential for a critical analysis and the search for alternatives. By linking ana…
Gender mainstreaming in sweetpotato breeding in Uganda
Purpose In Uganda, sweetpotato [ Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] is typically a “woman’s crop,” grown, processed, stored and also mainly consumed by smallholder farmers for food and income. Farmers value sweetpotato for its early maturity, resilience to stresses, and minimal input requirements. However, productivity remains low despite the effort of breeding programs to introduce new varieties. Low uptake of new varieties is partly attributed to previo…
Guardianas del Agua del Putumayo
Drawing on the experience of the social movement Guardianas del Agua del Putumayo (Water Guardians of Putumayo) in southern Colombia, this article is co-authored by three feminist-activist-scholars, including a member of the movement, and combines situated evidence and engagement with literature to examine the intersections between energy-transition extractivism, ecological degradation, and gender-based violence. The research and experiential fin…
Agriculture (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works)