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Over the last three decades there has been a rapid expansion of
intensive production of fresh fruit and vegetables in the
Mediterranean regions of south and west Europe. Much of this
depends on migrating workers for seasonal labour, including from
Eastern Europe, North Africa and Latin America. This book is the
first to address global agro-migration complexes across the region.
It is argued that both intensive agricultural production and
related working conditions are highly dynamic. Regional patterns
have developed from small-scale family farming to become an
industrialized part of the global agri-food system, which
increasingly depends on seasonal labour. Simultaneously, consumer
demand for year-round supply has caused relocations of the industry
within Europe; areas of intensive greenhouse production have moved
further south and even into North Africa. The authors investigate
this Mediterranean agri-food system that transcends borders and is
largely constituted by invisible seasonal work. By revealing the
story of food commodities loaded with implications of private
profit seeking, exploitation, exclusion and multiple insecurities,
the book unmasks the hidden costs of fresh food provisioning. Three
case study areas are considered in detail: the French region of
Provence, a traditional centre of fresh fruit and vegetable
cultivation; the Spanish Almeria region where intensive production
has, accelerated dramatically since the 1970s; and Morocco where
counter-seasonal production has recently been expanding. The book
also includes commentaries that refer to complemetary insights on
US-Mexico, Philippines-Canada and South Pacific mobilities.
Over the last three decades there has been a rapid expansion of
intensive production of fresh fruit and vegetables in the
Mediterranean regions of south and west Europe. Much of this
depends on migrating workers for seasonal labour, including from
Eastern Europe, North Africa and Latin America. This book is the
first to address global agro-migration complexes across the region.
It is argued that both intensive agricultural production and
related working conditions are highly dynamic. Regional patterns
have developed from small-scale family farming to become an
industrialized part of the global agri-food system, which
increasingly depends on seasonal labour. Simultaneously, consumer
demand for year-round supply has caused relocations of the industry
within Europe; areas of intensive greenhouse production have moved
further south and even into North Africa. The authors investigate
this Mediterranean agri-food system that transcends borders and is
largely constituted by invisible seasonal work. By revealing the
story of food commodities loaded with implications of private
profit seeking, exploitation, exclusion and multiple insecurities,
the book unmasks the hidden costs of fresh food provisioning. Three
case study areas are considered in detail: the French region of
Provence, a traditional centre of fresh fruit and vegetable
cultivation; the Spanish Almeria region where intensive production
has, accelerated dramatically since the 1970s; and Morocco where
counter-seasonal production has recently been expanding. The book
also includes commentaries that refer to complemetary insights on
US-Mexico, Philippines-Canada and South Pacific mobilities.
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