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100 _a Serrano, Angela
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245 _aWho is left behind in global food systems? Local farmers failed by Colombia’s avocado boom/
260 _bSage,
_c2019.
300 _aVol 2, issue 2, 2019 : (348-367 p.).
520 _aWork on global food systems has focused on the livelihoods of farmers directly affected as growers of agricultural export goods and has paid less attention to those who are left behind by new patterns of production and consumption. The connections between pre-existing agricultural livelihoods and the new systems of provision associated with fashionable products are poorly understood. Global trends in food culture have wide ranging local impacts. In this paper, we argue that researchers need to look beyond linear commodity chains and the goods that travel from producers in one country to consumers in another and expand global food systems analysis to understand what regional livelihoods are modified or displaced by globalized agriculture. Avocados are a popular health food among millennials. Colombia is experiencing a boom in exports. Avocados have long been grown in the Santander region, but global demand has turned them into a politically important crop. Using food systems analysis, our field research illuminates how new opportunities for capital accumulation are transmitted through global markets and shape regional agricultural practices. Large investors have profited, while small-scale farmers have been impoverished. We demonstrate how the interplay of requirements for homogenous fruit from local supermarkets, demand for the export Haas variety, as well as the government’s export-oriented policies have modified local livelihoods.Our contribution examines the broader social space in which agriculture is located. We argue for the need to study food systems beyond the vertical relations that constitute linear supply chains and examine the horizontal context of systems of provision.
650 _aAgriculture,
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650 _a avocados,
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650 _aColombia,
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650 _a systems of provision,
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650 _afood systems,
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650 _aproduction,
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700 _aBrooks, Andrew
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_dLondon: Sage Publication Ltd, 2019.
_tEnvironment and Planning E: Nature and Space/
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2514848619838195
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