Cerrado meets savannah, family farmers meet peasants: The political economy of Brazil’s agricultural cooperation with Mozambique

Zanella, Matheus Alves; Milhorance, Carolina

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.12.006

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“…In further method combing, it is found that the existing quantitative research on cooperation potential focused on agricultural product trade potential using index analysis [33,34], trade gravity model [35][36][37], and stochastic frontier gravity model [38][39][40]. The analysis of agricultural cooperation potential is mostly qualitative [41][42][43]. The construction of food security cooperation potential index of this research will increase the objectivity and fairness of evaluation.…”

Section: Potential Index Of Food Security Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and Prospect of Food Security Cooperation in the BRICS Countries

Ren

Wang

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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In recent years, the international status of agriculture in the BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—has been continuously improved. In 2018, the gross agricultural production of the BRICS countries accounted for more than 50% of the world’s total. Further strengthening the developing cooperation of the BRICS countries is of great significance for ensuring global food security. Based on the data from FAOSTAT and UN Comtrade Database, this study builds a food self-sufficiency rate and food security cooperation potential index to quantitatively analyze the food security status, cooperation effectiveness, and future trends of the BRICS countries. The study finds that the overall food security of the BRICS countries is generally showing a trend of volatility and growth, with high rates for cereals and relatively low rates for fresh products. In the future, BRICS food security cooperation should be based on their own resource endowment and socioeconomic characteristics. The BRICS countries need to constantly improve the awareness of joint cooperation and action in the future, focusing on scientific and technological cooperation, information sharing, complementary advantages in trade, and improving the global competitiveness of products. With the help of agricultural science and technology, Brazil is growing as a strong export country of food products. Russia needs to increase the introduction of agricultural science and technology and foreign capital to give full play to its resource advantages. India can improve its food self-sufficiency faster by the construction of a BRICS Agricultural Research Platform. China makes full use of BRICS resources, actively promotes agricultural enterprises to go global, and constantly optimizes the food supply structure. South Africa maintains the advantages of fruit and vegetable industry and increases the introduction and promotion of agricultural science and technology to improve the domestic food production capacity.

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Section: Potential Index Of Food Security Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and Prospect of Food Security Cooperation in the BRICS Countries

Ren

Wang

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…Perhaps because agriculture stands out among other sectors or because of its importance in Brazil's economic power nowadays, there are many studies about Brazil's agricultural SSC, mainly in Africa. The main narrative about Brazil's agricultural cooperation in Africa is of two agricultural models, the first based on an agribusiness package of technology transfer, large-scale, export crops, and business orientation and another package based on family agriculture, small-scale, food-security, and less business oriented (Zanella and Milhorance 2016;Scoones et al 2016).…”

Section: South-south Environmental Cooperation?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More Food International -Mozambique, is a bilateral program aimed at providing preferential credit for the import of Brazilian agricultural machinery and technical assistance in policies for family farming. Purchase from Africans for Africa is a multilateral program that joins Brazil, Mozambique, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to promote local food purchase from small holders for school feeding and other institutional markets (Zanella and Milhorance 2016).…”

Section: South-south Environmental Cooperation?mentioning

confidence: 99%

South-South relations and global environmental governance: Brazilian international development cooperation

Hochstetler

Inoue

2019

Rev. bras. polít. int.

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“…In most cases, however, they are motivated by iniquities in public policies and markets. Many countries restrict traditional farming systems to favor those integrated to the market (Li et al, 2014;Zanella;Milhorance, 2016). Furthermore, despite these restrictions, there are still approximately 350 million indigenous worldwide, peasant and family production units, on which depends the survival of 1.5 billion people, about 20% the world's population.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Expansion of production, reduction of food insecurity on a global scale, and improvement in farmers' living conditions are the main arguments in defense of intensive systems (Zanella;Milhorance, 2016). However, still today, approximately 850 million people face malnutrition, 70% of them in rural areas of tropical developing countries (García-Flores et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Sustainable productive intensification for family farming in developing tropical countries

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In the past, agriculture was directed to satisfying human needs. Nowadays, it is directed to meeting the markets, forcing the peasantries to adapt to this condition. As a result, family farmers are multifaceted, incorporating both subsistence and market-oriented production. Traditional farming systems have been challenged since there is a pressure for the intensification of these systems. Then, it is important that scientific research about them goes on to recognize that many family farmers use limited resource bases. However, innovation and intensification are permanent needs of agriculture, although they must be adjusted to different contexts, respecting the cultural legacy of family farmers as a prerequisite for achieving the development. RESUMONo passado, a agricultura era direcionada para satisfazer as necessidades humanas. Hoje em dia, é direcionada para atender os mercados, forçando o campesinato a se adaptar a essa condição. Como resultado, os agricultores familiares se tornaram multifacetados, incorporando tanto a produção de subsistência quanto aquela orientada para o mercado. Os sistemas agrícolas tradicionais foram desafiados, uma vez que existe uma pressão para a intensificação desses sistemas. Então, é importante que a pesquisa científica sobre eles continue para reconhecer que muitos agricultores familiares usam bases de recursos limitadas. Contudo, inovação e intensificação são necessidades permanentes da agricultura, embora elas devam ser ajustadas a diferentes contextos, respeitando o legado cultural dos agricultores familiares como pré-requisito para alcançar o desenvolvimento. Termos para indexação: Sistemas agrícolas; sustentabilidade; agricultor familiar; capitalismo; produção de alimentos.

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Cerrado meets savannah, family farmers meet peasants: The political economy of Brazil’s agricultural cooperation with Mozambique

Cited by 18 publications

References 12 publications

Development and Prospect of Food Security Cooperation in the BRICS Countries

Development and Prospect of Food Security Cooperation in the BRICS Countries

South-South relations and global environmental governance: Brazilian international development cooperation

Sustainable productive intensification for family farming in developing tropical countries

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