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    Smallholders at Risk: Monoculture expansion, land, food and livelihoods in Latin America

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    Author(s)
    Guerena, Arantxa
    Burgos, Stephanie
    Publication date
    2014-04-23
    Subject
    Food and livelihoods
    Private sector
    Keywords
    Agriculture
    Corporate responsibility
    Land rights
    Smallholder agriculture
    Country
    Colombia
    Guatemala
    Paraguay
    
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    Oxfam International
    Document type
    Briefing paper
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    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.

    An adapted version of this paper appeared in the June 2014 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Food Chain, Volume 4 Number 2. See the developmentbookshelf.com web site at http://developmentbookshelf.com/link.asp?id=L903X8202076.

    See also

    The Soy Mirage: The limits of corporate social responsibility

    Divide and Purchase: How land ownership is being concentrated in Colombia

    Pages
    28
    ISBN
    978-1-78077-580-7
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10546/315896
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