Family farming, agribusiness and the state: Building consent around oil palm expansion in post-neoliberal Brazil

Córdoba, Diana; Selfa, Theresa; Abrams, Jesse; Soares, Daniel Araújo Sombra

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.12.013

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“…For decades, public policies have supported a production system based on specialization, intensification and scale enlargement developing a commercial food system driven by supermarkets where family farmers Additionally, the government has not encouraged smallholder's organization and empowerment, and thus they cannot act strongly as an oppositional force (de Roest et al, 2018;Córdoba et al, 2018;Blanc and Kledal, 2012). One of the main public policies targeting the smallholder sector in Brazil is the PRONAF (National Program for the Strengthening of Family Farming), and despite the fact that the program has helped to improve small farmers' livelihoods, it is also criticized for making them highly dependent on the government.…”

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“…One of the main public policies targeting the smallholder sector in Brazil is the PRONAF (National Program for the Strengthening of Family Farming), and despite the fact that the program has helped to improve small farmers' livelihoods, it is also criticized for making them highly dependent on the government. Furthermore, credit lines offered by PRONAF target the production of specific crops, such as commodities for exportation, leading family farmers to monoculture and specialization (Guanziroli et al, 2012;Córdoba et al, 2018).…”

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Rural public policies and the state of smallholders: Recent evidence from Brazil

Herrera¹,

Bernardes²,

Costa³

et al. 2018

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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The aim of this article is to characterize the current situation of family farmers or smallholders in Brazil and establish a connection with the rural public policies that exist in the country. This study analyzed the most current available data regarding family farming in Brazil, which included almost 4.7 million smallholders and their characteristics. Two analytical tools for unsupervised learning were combined, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and K-means clustering, which enabled the analysis of such a large database and the extraction of information concerning this sector. It was found that cooperative smallholders are considerably more likely to achieve higher incomes. A family farmer's income and productivity are related to their region and are higher in the South and Southeast and lower in the Northeast region. Crop diversification presented a negative impact on family farming activity, although this practice is considered highly important for agricultural sustainability. These results confirm, based on the data, empirical findings regarding the sector and also reveal new information such as the negative impact that rural assistance services are demonstrated to have on smallholders' income. Therefore, this study provides essential information to support policy makers in the process of formulating better and more efficient policies in order to strengthen smallholders in Brazil and guarantee food security in the future.

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Rural public policies and the state of smallholders: Recent evidence from Brazil

Herrera¹,

Bernardes²,

Costa³

et al. 2018

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…Agribusiness has always played a key role in the development of the Brazilian economy. Brazil's economic outbreaks during coffee, cattle, sugarcane, rubber, cocoa, and other "cycles" show the sector's economic and social contributions (Wilkinson et al, 2017;Córdoba et al, 2018). The country's economic tradition in agribusiness is a trend that will prevail in the future, mainly due to the availability of its vast natural resources (Sehnem & Oliveira, 2017).…”

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Agribusiness participation in the economic structure of a Brazilian region: analysis of GDP and indirect taxes

Kureski

Moreira

Veiga

2020

Rev. Econ. Sociol. Rural

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Agribusiness, including all its dimensions, is the largest economic sector in Brazil and plays a fundamental role in the development of the country's economy. About one-fourth of the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is composed of agribusiness. The objective of this article is to evaluate the participation of agribusiness in the economy of an important region of Brazil from 2010 to 2015. The evaluation was carried out through the decomposition of GDP, with an analysis of aggregate inputs, agro-livestock products, industrialization, and services. This article presents three main contributions to the understanding and composition of agribusiness GDP. The novelty of this article lies in the fact that it is the first work in the literature to present the steps of the methodology for calculating GDP in a region representing Brazilian agribusiness, considering its aggregates and relating the generation of taxes and other factors. In addition to the empirical and methodological contributions, this article highlights the relevance of agribusiness to the Brazilian economy, which, in turn, has relevance to global agribusiness.

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“…Delgado y de Diego, 2013). Menos comunes son, sin embargo, las investigaciones que analizan cómo la dimensión política, entendida como arena de disputa y negociación entre Estado y población rural en contextos materiales concretos, explica la incorporación de los productores a este cultivo (véase Castellanos-Navarrete y Jansen, 2017; Córdoba et al, 2018). Esta es una importante tarea, pues la palma es objeto de fuerte promoción por parte de instituciones gubernamentales en la mayor parte de los países productores, pudiendo concebirse este cultivo como «proyecto de Estado».…”

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Palma de aceite en tierras campesinas

Castellanos-Navarrete¹

2018

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Este artículo explica cómo y por qué numerosos pequeños productores han sembrado palma de aceite en el Soconusco y la Selva Lacandona en Chiapas, y para ello recurre a la ecología política y el concepto de hegemonía. Los resultados de esta investigación indican que la expansión de este cultivo en los ejidos de Chiapas es producto de una amalgama de prácticas políticas neoliberales y neocorporativas, puestas en marcha por el Estado y hasta cierto punto consentidas por la población rural, dada la historia agraria y ambiental de las regiones de estudio. Este artículo aboga por considerar cómo, más allá de la cuestión económica, la dimensión política es clave para comprender por qué ciertos cultivos y modelos de desarrollo rural llegan a ser predominantes.

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Family farming, agribusiness and the state: Building consent around oil palm expansion in post-neoliberal Brazil

Cited by 42 publications

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Rural public policies and the state of smallholders: Recent evidence from Brazil

Rural public policies and the state of smallholders: Recent evidence from Brazil

Agribusiness participation in the economic structure of a Brazilian region: analysis of GDP and indirect taxes

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