RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Lab members are in bold. For an exhaustive list of publications, you can find out more on Google Scholar or ResearchGate. Email rbeznerkerr@cornell.edu if you would like a copy of any of the papers.

1.     Liebert, J., R. Bezner Kerr, S. Gennet, A. K. Hart, A. G. Power and M. R. Ryan. 2025. Not as hard as it seems? Labor challenges and opportunities for agroecological practices in the United States. Agriculture and Human Values https://doi-org/10.1007/s10460-025-10796-z

2. Prakash, A., E.Totin, G. Kemp, R. Bezner Kerr and D. Roberts. 2025. Bridging the gap: Promoting gender equity in climate change adaptation in the global south. PLOS Climate 4(6): e0000556. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000556

3. Madsen, S., E. Laske, J. Fisher, A. Ndiereby Sall, S. Enloe, and R. Bezner Kerr. 2025. “What Good Is Agroecology? Predominant Narratives about Agroecology in Africa.” Journal of Rural Studies 118: 103706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103706.

4. Madsen, S., R. Bezner Kerr, K. Kamilia, M. Fernanda Cevallos, M. L. Paracchini and A. Wezel. 2025. Agroecology supports sustainable development in Africa. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 45 (34). https://doi-org/10.1007/s13593-024-00976-2

5. McKay, B., Catacora-Vargas, G., Castellanos-Navarrete, A., Bezner Kerr, R. and Luna, J. (2025), Challenging Agroecology—Promise and Pitfalls for Agrarian Studies. Journal of Agrarian Change, 25: e70019. https://doi-org/10.1111/joac.70019

6.     Gurney-Smith, H., Hasegawa, T., and Bezner Kerr, R. 2024. Editorial overview: Navigating climate challenges for the future of food systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 69, 101450.

7.    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Ingo Grass, Zia Mehrabi, Olivia M. Smith, Rachel Bezner Kerr et al. 2024. Agricultural diversification strategies promote environmental and social synergies. Science 384,87-93. DOI:10.1126/science.adj1914.

8. Steffan-Dewenter, I., R. Bezner Kerr, and M. K. Peters. 2024. Insect diversity for agroecosystem resilience in a changing climate. One Earth 7 (4):541–544. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2590332224001325.

 9. Kpienbaareh, Daniel, Kamaldeen Mohammed, Isaac Luginaah, Jinfei Wang, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Esther Lupafya, Laifolo Dakishoni. 2024. Local actors, farmer decisions and landscape crop diversity in smallholder farming systems: A systems perspective. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 374: 109138. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109138

10.     Owoputi, I., J. Hoddinott, R. Kayanda, R. Bezner Kerr, and K. Dickin. 2024. Community Health Workers’ Targeting of Women For Health and Nutrition Home Visits in Rural Tanzania: A Mixed-Methods Study. Current Developments in Nutrition 8 (6):103780. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2475299124017141.

11.     Brock, S., L. Baker, A. Jekums, F. Ahmed, M. Fernandez, M. Montenegro de Wit, F. J. Rosado-May, V. E. Méndez, C. R. Anderson, F. DeClerck, M. D. Anderson, R. Bezner Kerr, B. Hoare, H. Wittman, A. Peeters, P. Gubbels, C. Stancu, S. Bellon, J. G. Lundgren, S. Renduchintala, V. Thallam, J. Maland Cady, and P. Rogé. 2024. Knowledge democratization approaches for food systems transformation. Nature Food 5 (5):342–345. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00966-3

12.  Owoputi, I., R. Kayanda, R. Bezner Kerr, J. Dismas, P. Ganyara, J. Hoddinott, and K. Dickin. 2024. Gender differences in perceptions of “joint” decision-making about spending money among couples in rural Tanzania ed. M. K. Bashir. PLOS ONE 19 (6):e0302071. https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302071.  

13.  Kansanga, M. M., R. Bezner Kerr, E. Lupafya, L. Dakishoni, and I. Luginaah. 2024. Can gender transformative agroecological interventions improve women’s autonomy? Agriculture and Human Values 41 (3):1161–1175. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10460-024-10544-9.  

14.  Bezner Kerr, R. and R. Wynberg.** 2024. Fields of Contestation and Contamination: Maize seeds, agroecology and the (de)coloniality of agriculture in Malawi and South Africa. Elementa, Science of the Anthropocene. 12(1):1-21. Doi: 10.1525/elementa.2023.00051 **equal contributors.