Jerry Buckland

Ploughing Up the Farm: Neoliberalism, Modern Technology and the State of the World's Farmers

Buch

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: 978-1-84277-366-6
EAN: 9781842773666
Produktnummer: 1641837
Verlag: Zed Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 264 S.
Masse: H23.7 cm x B15.9 cm x D2.1 cm 508 g
Gewicht: 508

Über den Autor

Professor Jerry Buckland teaches international development studies (IDS) at Menno Simons College at the University of Winnipeg. From 1986-90 he worked in agricultural research in Bangladesh.