Jerry Buckland

Ploughing Up the Farm

Neoliberalism, Modern Technology and the State of the World's Farmers

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Around the world, farmers' livelihoods and food security have eroded in the past 20 years. Increasing reliance on markets and modern technology has not generated universal farm affluence. Neoliberalism has brought about rural depopulation in the northern hemisphere, rising rural poverty in the southern, and environmental problems all around the farming world. Farmgate prices have stagnated since the 1980s, while market-driven growth has encouraged production of agricultural exports and increasing use of chemical inputs. Trade liberalization is often biased against southern and small farmers, while the power of transnational corporations in ag… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84277-367-3
EAN: 9781842773673
Produktnummer: 1641836
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 264 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 357 g
Gewicht: 357
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Professor Buckland worked in an agriculture research programme for an international NGO in Bangladesh from 1986-1990. Since 1994 he has taught international development studies (IDS) at Menno Simons College at the University of Winnipeg. He is also a faculty member of Canadian Mennonite University.