@inproceedings{bib_Deca_2025, AUTHOR = {Banerjee, Arindam and Dasgupta, Anirban }, TITLE = {Decarbonising Agriculture and Beyond: What is at Stake?}, BOOKTITLE = {Development and Change}. YEAR = {2025}}

This article argues that an effective rethinking of agriculture in the light of the climate emergency should aim to achieve more than decarbonization in agricultural production. The multidimensional ecological crisis precipitated by industrial agriculture can only be addressed through an integrated approach that seeks to restore the ecological balance through sustainable production practices. However, such a programme of reversing the ecological footprint generates its own tensions. Agriculture will continue to be a critical source of food and livelihoods which will necessitate trade-offs regarding the sector's role in restoring and maintaining ecological balance. Fundamental institutional change will be needed to reconcile the ecological regeneration process (in agriculture) with the goals of food production and livelihood provision. The existing political economy of corporate agrifood systems, the neoliberal state and contemporary agrarian social structures could create obstacles to such change. A concerted programme of public action will therefore be required to move forward.

@inproceedings{bib_Digi_2024, AUTHOR = {Dasgupta, Anirban and Krishnan, Radhika }, TITLE = {Digital Transformation and Labour: Locating Continuity and Change}, BOOKTITLE = {Indian Journal of Labour Economics}. YEAR = {2024}}

This paper is a short intervention in locating the concerns about labour in the present phase of digital transformation within the longer history of technological change. It engages with some key analytical frameworks in technology studies and development economics to identify the continuities in the present digital revolution with previous moments of equivalent technological change. It also highlights some crucial differences with the current digital turn. Finally, the paper uses available data and information to deliberate on the possible impact of the ongoing digital transformation on the employment question and the nature of work in India.