Showing papers by "Daniel Cáceres published in 2015"
TL;DR: In this article, a case study illustrates the social and environmental impacts of the expansion of agribusiness in central Argentina and the social struggle that has arisen to resist this process.
Abstract: Drawing upon the concept of ‘accumulation by dispossession’, this paper analyses the expansion of agrarian capital in Argentina. A case study illustrates the social and environmental impacts of the expansion of agribusiness in central Argentina and the social struggle – both rural and urban – that has arisen to resist this process. Although government policies after the 2001 crisis differ in many ways from those of the 1990s, current agrarian policies are not significantly distinct from those followed during the pre-crisis neoliberal period. Rather than ‘post-neoliberal’, the new model could thus be better described as ‘neo-extractivist’. With the connivance of the state, agribusiness is producing the largest-ever transformation of natural capital into economic capital in the history of the region. Moreover, the latest policy developments suggest that Argentina is on the threshold of a new and deeper stage of agrarian capital expansion and wealth concentration, this time operating at a much larger scale.
198 citations
TL;DR: Caceres, Daniel Mario, et al. as discussed by the authors presented a study on the impact of agricultural technologies on the development of rural Argentina. Facultad de Cs.agropecuarias.
Abstract: Fil: Caceres, Daniel Mario. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Facultad de Cs.agropecuarias. Departamento de Desarrollo Rural; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina
108 citations
22 May 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the main characteristics of the technological model fostered by agribusiness in Argentina, discusses its main problems and highlights the need to analyze it within a broader economic and political context.
Abstract: The paper analyses the main characteristics of the technological model fostered by agribusiness in Argentina, discusses its main problems and highlights the need to analyze it within a broader economic and political context. This technology is described as a technological fix and three main attributes are presented: instantaneity, transitoriness, and recurrence. The supposed efficiency of the productive model fostered by agribusiness occurs at the expense of natural capital depletion and at the costs internalized by other social actors. This is happening either via accumulation by dispossession, or through the socialization and temporal deferment of its negative externalities. Its strength largely transcends the technological domains. To bring this model into question would imply not only to object its visible head (i.e., agribusiness), but also to question the institutions (scientific, educative, juridical, and administrative) and the political structures that support it. Finally, the paper discusses some alternatives and suggests to develop a political agronomy for Latin America.
22 citations
23 Sep 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the expansion of agricultural extractivism in Costa Rica and Argentina and its negative impacts on the natural capital and peasant communities and conclude that socio-environmental conflicts in both countries are caused by the lack of territorial planning, scant State control on environmental issues and the alliance between governments and concentrated capital.
Abstract: The paper analyzes the expansion of agricultural extractivism in Costa Rica and Argentina and its negative impacts on the natural capital and peasant communities. The methodology included interviews conducted in both countries, grey literature, press and bibliographic sources. It concludes that socio-environmental conflicts in both countries are caused by the lack of territorial planning, scant State control on environmental issues and the alliance between governments and concentrated capital. In this context, peasants are developing a series of strategies aiming at resisting capitalist expansion and fighting for environmental justice and the realization of an environmental institutionality more suitable to their interests.
4 citations
01 Aug 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the expansion of agricultural extractivism in Costa Rica and Argentina and its negative impacts on the natural capital and peasant communities and conclude that socio-environmental conflicts in both countries are caused by the lack of territorial planning, scant State control on environmental issues and the alliance between governments and concentrated capital.
Abstract: The paper analyzes the expansion of agricultural extractivism in Costa Rica and Argentina and its negative impacts on the natural capital and peasant communities. The methodology included interviews conducted in both countries, grey literature, press and bibliographic sources. It concludes that socio-environmental conflicts in both countries are caused by the lack of territorial planning, scant State control on environmental issues and the alliance between governments and concentrated capital. In this context, peasants are developing a series of strategies aiming at resisting capitalist expansion and fighting for environmental justice and the realization of an environmental institutionality more suitable to their interests.
2 citations