Bolivia’s Soy Complex: The Development of ‘Productive Exclusion’
| Autor: | Ben McKay, Gonzalo Colque |
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| Přispěvatelé: | ISS PhD |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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2. Zero hunger
Cultural Studies Means of production Intensive farming 050204 development studies 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography Foreign capital Agrarian structure Agricultural frontier Agrarian society Capital accumulation Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Economy Anthropology 0502 economics and business Development economics Business 050703 geography Mechanization |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Peasant Studies, 43(2), 583-610. Routledge |
| ISSN: | 0306-6150 |
| Popis: | A significant transition is underway in Bolivia where both domestic and foreign capital are monopolizing commercial agriculture and leading a highly mechanized, capital-intensive production model which has considerably diminished the need for labour. This paper explores mechanisms and processes of ‘productive exclusion’ in the soy-producing zones of Santa Cruz in relation to the expansion, concentration and mechanization of the ‘soy complex’. We provide an analysis of how the agrarian structure has developed since soy was adopted – from ‘putting land into production’ to ‘expanding the agricultural frontier’ and ‘controlling the agro-industrial chain’. We explore how and the extent to which the penetration of new capital is leading to new processes of agrarian change which exclude the rural majority from accessing the means of production. While a process of ‘foreignization’ of land began to take shape in the early 1990s, new processes of capital accumulation are eroding the ability of small farmers to enga... |
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