Ioris Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil

Frontiers and Fissures of Agro-neoliberalism
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-72063-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

Reihe: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

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 prospects of a looming, increasingly global, food crisis.

This book will focus 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. It will be demonstrate the importance of agribusiness expansion within the wider politico-economic context of Brazilian neoliberalism, resulting in a book that draws broader conclusions about the main trends of agribusiness in the world today and provides recommendations for future research.

Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil will be of great interest to students and scholars of agribusiness, neoliberalism and global food production, and those interested in Brazil and Latin America more generally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ioris, Antonio

Ioris, Antonio Augusto Rossotto

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Chapter 1 – introduction (setting the scene)

Chapter 2 – Agro-neoliberalism and the Brazilian experience

Chapter 3 – Frontiers of agro-neoliberalism in Brazil: Mato Grosso and the Amazon

Chapter 4 – The rent of agribusiness

Chapter 5 – Place-making at the agribusiness frontier

Chapter 6 – Poverty in the Amazon at the frontier of development

Chapter 7 – The urban consequences of agribusiness-based development

Chapter 8 – Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Antonio A. R. Ioris is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, UK.