Agribusiness And The Neoliberal Food System In Brazil

Author : Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351720635
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil written by Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to new production areas and persistent productivity gains, Brazil has consolidated its position as a global leader and even as a ‘model’ of commercial, integrated crop production. The country is now seen as an agricultural powerhouse that has a lot to offer in terms of reducing the prospect of a looming, increasingly global, food crisis. Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil focuses on the intensification of Brazilian agribusiness as a privileged entry point into the politicised geography of globalised agri-food. Drawing on rich empirical analysis based around three fieldwork campaigns in the state of Mato Grosso, the book examines the connections between farming, markets and the apparatus of the state. The importance of agribusiness expansion within the wider politico-economic context of Brazilian neoliberalism is demonstrated, thus drawing broader conclusions about the main trends of agribusiness in the world today and providing recommendations for future research. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of agribusiness, neoliberalism and global food production, as well as those interested in Brazil and Latin America more generally.

Author : Paulo André Niederle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000217647
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agrifood System Transitions in Brazil written by Paulo André Niederle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the agrifood system transitions in Brazil to provide a new understanding of the trajectory of agriculture and rural development in this country. It accentuates the increasing diversifi cation and hybridization of food production and consumption practices throughout history. With a framework that combines convention theory, neoinstitutional approaches and practice theory, this book suggests the concept of “food orders” which represents different arrangements of practices, institutions and sociotechnical artifacts. By exploring the interrelations between these elements, the book looks at six different food orders: industrial, commercial, domestic, aesthetic, civic and fi nancial, in tandem with examples of practices, sectors and territories to understand the dynamics of each one. This aids in understanding the main tendencies of the agrifood sector in such a vast country that, being a major player in global food markets, also affect production and consumption dynamics in several other countries. Besides, this book also seeks to comprehend the current institutional changes in Brazil that may be critical to interpret the global dissemination of populist and autocratic governments. Offering key insights into the contemporary sociology of agriculture and food, this book demonstrates how strengthening democracy and supporting the organization of civil society are major challenges when we think about transition for sustainable food systems.

Author : Alessandro Bonanno
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498589901
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State Capitalism under Neoliberalism written by Alessandro Bonanno and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State Capitalism under Neoliberalism analyzes State capitalism in agri-food under neoliberalism and investigates State-sponsored actions designed to counter the negative consequences of the implementation of free-market policies and strategies. In particular, it probes efforts of the Brazilian State to respond to the neoliberalization and corporatization of agriculture and food. Between 2003 and 2016, the left leaning Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores) governed Brazil, which claimed to support landless peasants, family farming, food sovereignty, and State regulation of the unwanted consequences of the evolution of free market capitalism. The contributors analyze these actions of the Brazilian State, stressing its accomplishments and limits, and argue that the emancipatory actions of the Brazilian State engendered a complex and contradictory set of results which show that State capitalism is a problematic solution to the problems generated by the global neoliberal regime.

Author : Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031102649
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agriculture, Environment and Development written by Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of this book is completely revised and updated throughout providing an overview of current challenges faced within the area of Agri-food in relation to policymaking, ecological conservation and socio-environmental justice. Including a range of new chapters, the book explores some of the conceptual and analytical gaps that are presented by current approaches to this topic. The series of interconnected chapters offers a critical reinterpretation of the tensions associated with the failures of mainstream regulatory regimes, land and resource grabbing, and the impacts of global agri-food chains at local, regional and inter-sectoral scales. The book also examines past legacies and emerging challenges associated with agriculture modernisation, politico-spatial disputes, climate change, social movements, gender, ethnicity and education. It likewise addresses the transformative potential of different combinations of biophysical, socio-technical and socio-spatial practices of food sovereignty.

Author : Steven A. Wolf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136667067
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Neoliberal Regime in the Agri-Food Sector written by Steven A. Wolf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the last three decades, the Neoliberal regime, emphasising economic growth through deregulation, market integration, expansion of the private sector, and contraction of the welfare state has shaped production and consumption processes in agriculture and food. These institutional arrangements emerged from and advanced academic and popular beliefs about the virtues of private, market-based coordination relative to public, state-based problem solving. This book presents an informed, constructive dialogue around the thesis that the Neoliberal mode of governance has reached some institutional and material limits. Is Neoliberalism exhausted? How should we understand crisis applied to Neoliberalism? What are the opportunities and risks linked to the construction of alternatives? The book advances a critical evaluation of the evidence supporting claims of rupture of, or incursions into, the Neoliberal model. It also analyzes pragmatic responses to these critiques including policy initiatives, social mobilization and experimentation at various scales and points of entry. The book surveys and synthesizes a range of sociological frames designed to grapple with the concepts of regimes, systemic crisis and transitions. Contributions include historical analysis, comparative analysis and case studies of food and agriculture from around the globe. These highlight particular aspects of crisis and responses, including the potential for continued resilience, a neo-productivist return, as well as the emergence and scaling up of alternative models.

Author : Herbert S. Klein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108473091
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feeding the World written by Herbert S. Klein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeding the World documents the emergence of Brazil as an agricultural powerhouse during the second half of the twentieth century.

Author : Ben M. McKay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351008668
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rural Transformations and Agro-Food Systems written by Ben M. McKay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic and political rise of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and Middle-Income Countries (MICs) have important implications for global agrarian transformation.These emerging economies are undergoing profound changes as key sites of the production, circulation, and consumption of agricultural commodities; hosts to abundant cheap labour and natural resources; and home to growing numbers of both poor but also, increasingly, affluent consumers. Separately and together these countries are shaping international development agendas both as partners in and potential alternatives to the development paradigms promoted by the established hubs of global capital in the North Atlantic and by dominant international financial institutions. Collectively, the chapters in this book show the significance of BRICS countries in reshaping agro-food systems at the national and regional level as well as their global significance. As they export their own farming and production systems across different contexts, though, the outcomes are contingent and success is not assured. At the same time, BRICS may represent a continuation rather than an alternative to the development paradigms of the Global North. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264237054
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Brazil written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agriculture and the agro-processing sector in Brazil have shown impressive growth over the past two decades. This has largely been driven by productivity improvements and structural adjustment resulting from broad economic reforms, as well as new technologies developed by agricultural science.

Author : Antonio M. Buainain
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135102972X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Development in Brazil written by Antonio M. Buainain and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few decades, Brazilian agriculture has experienced a seismic transformation, and its contradictory facets have fed different and opposing narratives regarding recent changes. This book covers these changes, exploring the issues from several empirical and analytical angles, including the role of agriculture in the contemporary Brazilian economy, the dynamics of Brazilian agricultural value chains, environmental challenges and the processes of social differentiation. Brazilian agriculture continues to be viewed in the international literature, either through the lenses of the past century – those of former problems relating to land use and land tenure – or apologetically. This collection of essays aims at updating the current interpretations, providing objective accounting of the main transformations, its determinants, results, contradictions and limitations. As it covers the most relevant traits of Brazilian agricultural and rural development, the book will provide the reader with an encompassing view of contemporary Brazilian agriculture, including the positive and negative sides of the so-called tropical agriculture revolution. It highlights the tremendous economic potential as well as the continuing structural heterogeneity, concentration of production and marginalization of millions of small farmers. Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book will be perfect for all those interested in learning about Brazilian agriculture. It will be of particular interest to undergraduate and graduate students of economic development, agricultural economics, rural sociology, comparative economic development, rural development and agricultural policies.

Author : Alessandro Bonanno
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782548262
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the International Political Economy of Agriculture and Food written by Alessandro Bonanno and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tackles the central question of the political and structural changes and characteristics that govern agriculture and food. Original contributions explore this highly globalized economic sector by analyzing salient geographical regions and sub