Professor Haroon Akram-Lodhi teaches agrarian political economy at Trent University. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies, an Associate Editor of Feminist Economics, as well as a member of the Advisory Board for the Woman's Rights program of the Open Society Foundations. He further provides extensive advisory services to various UN agencies, including UN Women and the United Nations Development Program. And recently he repackaged some of his university courses into a podcast entitled: "Peasants, Food and Agrarian Change". We speak about:the gender dimensions of rural political economyfailings of dominant development discoursessocial movements and demanding rightsthe different interests and agendas of development stakeholders facing ethical issues in his consultancies & choosing not to work with some organizationsknowledge mobilization between academia and development agenciesthe human rights based approach /model the farmers protests in Indiathe impact of COVID-19 on development policies He joins us from Toronto, Canada. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rethinkingdevelopment)