Ioris, Antonio A. R.  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0156-2737
2017.
Encroachment and entrenchment of agro-neoliberalism in the Centre- West of Brazil.
Journal of Rural Studies
51
, pp. 15-27.
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.01.011
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Abstract
From being a net food importer in recent decades, Brazil is now considered a successful case of agricultural production and export. However, this image of triumph and efficiency helps to conceal growing socio-ecological impacts and mounting uneasiness. The complex and contradictory landscape of contemporary Brazilian agribusiness represent a relevant example of the advance of agro-neoliberalism, which is both an economic and technological process of agriculture modernization and intensification, in accordance to liberalizing pressures, and also a politico-ecological phenomenon centred on market-based solutions to old and new production, innovation and justification questions. Based on qualitative research and three fieldwork campaigns, the article discusses recent politico-economic adjustments particularly in the State of Mato Grosso, in the Centre-West region, which is fast becoming the main area of agribusiness activity in the country. Empirical results demonstrate that agro-neoliberalism has been promoted through inventive public-private associations not for the purpose of domestic food security, but primarily for capital accumulation and to support sectoral interests and macro-economic strategies.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | agribusiness, agriculture, Brazil, Mato Grosso, agro-neoliberalism, soybean, ecological modernization |
| Additional Information: | Released with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND) |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0743-0167 |
| Funders: | CAPES |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 2 February 2017 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 22 January 2017 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2024 05:00 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/98004 |
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