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Encroachment and entrenchment of agro-neoliberalism in the Centre- West of Brazil

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: 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: 06 Nov 2023 21:53
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/98004

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