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Biblioteca Smallholders at risk: monoculture expansion, land, food and livelihoods in Latin America

Smallholders at risk: monoculture expansion, land, food and livelihoods in Latin America

Smallholders at risk: monoculture expansion, land, food and livelihoods in Latin America

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Date of publication
Diciembre 2013
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eldis:A75981

Greater investment in agriculture is needed to reduce rural poverty and improve food security; but how investment is made, its context and conditions, is at least as important as how much is invested.

Case studies of large-scale agricultural investment in Paraguay, Guatemala and Colombia show how monoculture expansion is displacing communities, undermining smallholder livelihoods and worsening local food security. Even when companies say they operate responsibly, their business model determines who bears the risks, who has access to capital and where market power lies. Responsibility should mean benefits and costs are fairly distributed and all rights upheld, including land rights. Private agricultural investment is needed, but it should complement rather than undermine smallholders, who are the main investors in agriculture.

 

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A. Guereña
S. Burgos

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