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Political Ecology of Industrial Crops (Hardcover)
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Political Ecology of Industrial Crops (Hardcover)
Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
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This book employs a political ecology lens to unravel how
industrial crops catalyse ecological, agrarian, socioeconomic, and
institutional transformation. Using the conceptual tools and
perspectives of political ecology, namely multi-scalar analysis and
attention to marginalisation, social difference, and discourses and
narratives, this volume provides a critical and comprehensive
assessment of the transformative power of industrial cropping
systems. It presents a truly international overview by drawing on a
range of case studies from the global South, including soybeans in
South America, cashew nuts in Guinea Bissau, cotton in India, maize
in China, jatropha in Ghana, sugarcane in Peru and Eswatini, and
oil palm in Ghana and Peru. The unique case studies are put into
perspective with chapters introducing the key concepts of political
ecology and critical dimensions of industrial cropping systems
related to large-scale land acquisitions, land grabbing, and
marginal land. The individual chapters employ different approaches
all rooted in political ecology, thus offering a rich overview of
how the field engages with such cropping systems. Overall, this
volume contains valuable propositions for improving current
policies and practices in industrial crop settings in both
developed and developing countries. Through its comprehensive and
interdisciplinary outlook, this volume will be of great interest to
students and scholars of political ecology, agrarian studies,
development studies, and ecological economics.
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