‘They call it progress, but we don’t see it as progress’: farm consolidation and land concentration in Saskatchewan, Canada

Magnan, André; Davidson, Melissa; Desmarais, Annette Aurélie

doi:10.1007/s10460-022-10353-y

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“…Although this study is focused on the EU, it has a wider relevance both in the global North [76] and in the global South. Although 'secure and equal access to land' for 'smallscale food producers' is one of the targets of the SDG, there is no official indicator to measure access to land [77].…”

Section: Discussion: Towards An Alternative Infrastructurementioning

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Access to Land: Markets, Policies and Initiatives

Altes

2023

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Acquiring access to land is an important issue for new entrants into farming. Traditionally, the succession of farms is within the family; market transactions are geared towards the enlargement of running farms. Policies and institutions have been built to facilitate this process. Current challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, biodiversity and equity, as are analysed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the International Resource Panel (IRP), the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reporting activities, make it so that there is a need to find alternatives for the current developments in farming, which is a process of up (scale enlargement) or out (stop farming). For these alternatives, new types of farmers who face the issue of access to land are needed. Based on FADN data and EUROSTAT data, current developments in the European farming sector were analysed to understand the impact of the process of modernisation on farmland markets and the complexities of access to land for new entrants. Whether these data may point to opportunities for alternative farming methods and the role of the direct payments of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy were analysed. Policies and consequences are discussed. It is concluded that, whereas alternative farming models are promoted at the level of policy aims, this is not performed at the policy guidance level of land markets. Alternatives outside traditional institutions face the issue of scaling up to create impact. The Common Agricultural Policy is, in many ways, more of an obstacle than it is a promoter of providing access to land for new farmers. New policies are needed.

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Section: Discussion: Towards An Alternative Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

Access to Land: Markets, Policies and Initiatives

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2023

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“…In part this has been triggered by skewed subsidies for commercially powerful medium and large farms, as well as industrial food and agribusiness giants, and the inability of young and aspiring farmers to get access to land or gain entry into the agricultural sector, as highlighted in a multi-country study by European Coordination Via Campesina and TNI (Franco and Borras, 2013;van der Ploeg et al, 2015). The specific context of ex-socialist countries in the North, meanwhile, has opened up renewed debates about, and mobilizations around, land policies and agrarian movements, described by Mamonova (2015) writing on Ukraine, Visser et al (2012) on Russia, and Magnan et al (2022) on Canada.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Broad agrarian transformations are shaped by land politics; conversely, the politics of land is shaped by broader agrarian transformations. Agrarian transformations can be said to be truly global when social processes in the Global North are as compelling to examine as those in the South (van der Ploeg, 2008;Hisano et al, 2018, Magnan et al, 2022, and where the context for and object of land struggles have been altered. One outcome of this transformation is the diversification of global land issues today that have affected how land struggles are framed and pursued.…”

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Scholar-Activism and Land Struggles

M.,

2023

Scholar-Activism and Land Struggles

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“…Regarding the income distribution effect of farmland transfer, one view is that farmland transfer will widen the income gap between farmers and be more conducive to the income increase of higher-income farmers [1,17,18]. Another view is that it can reduce income inequality and alleviate the income gap between farmers [14,[19][20][21][22][23]. In addition, Gao et al [24] also found that farmland transfer-in reduces the income gap while transfer-out exacerbates it, indicating an asymmetric effect.…”

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Farmland Transfer and Income Distribution Effect of Heterogeneous Farmers with Livelihood Capital: Evidence from CFPS

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Zhang

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Farmland transfer is a crucial aspect of modernizing China’s agriculture, which has a significant impact on farmers’ income distribution. With rapid urbanization, farmers’ livelihood has changed significantly, and the income effects of farmland transfer will differ among heterogeneous farmers. Based on the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data, this study examines the impact of farmland transfer on farmers’ income growth and income disparity, as well as the income differences in farmland transfer among farmers with different types of livelihood capital. An endogenous switching regression model and unconditional quantile treatment effects are used to correct the selection bias and farmer heterogeneity. The results show that (1) farmland transfer increases farmers’ income. Specifically, farmland transfer-in increases farmers’ income by 21.15%, while transfer-out increases it by 43.33%. (2) The impact of farmland transfer on farmers’ income has a “Matthew effect” and will widen the income gap between farmers. (3) Moreover, farmland transfer exhibits diverse income effects on heterogeneous farmers with livelihood capital. Capital-rich farmers experience the largest income-growth effect from farmland transfer-in, while capital-balanced farmers experience the largest income-growth effect from farmland transfer-out. The policy implications are to further improve the farmland transfer market and enable low-income farmers to participate by improving their qualifications and abilities.

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‘They call it progress, but we don’t see it as progress’: farm consolidation and land concentration in Saskatchewan, Canada

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

Access to Land: Markets, Policies and Initiatives

Access to Land: Markets, Policies and Initiatives

Scholar-Activism and Land Struggles

Farmland Transfer and Income Distribution Effect of Heterogeneous Farmers with Livelihood Capital: Evidence from CFPS

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