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Global agri‐food chains in times of COVID‐19: The state, agribusiness, and agroecology in Argentina
Author(s) -
Gras Carla,
Hernández Valeria
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of agrarian change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1471-0366
pISSN - 1471-0358
DOI - 10.1111/joac.12418
Subject(s) - agribusiness , agroecology , food systems , food sovereignty , state (computer science) , business , population , commodity chain , food security , peasant , commodity , agriculture , civil society , economic growth , agricultural economics , economics , political science , market economy , geography , politics , production (economics) , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , demography , sociology , law , macroeconomics
The issues posed by the unfolding impacts of COVID‐19 are very uneven in the case of Argentina, a major global commodity exporter. As domestic food prices have continued to rise, worsening the living conditions of millions, and state policies seek to guarantee the population's access to food, the hegemonic agribusiness sector is fostering new alliances to strengthen its integration into global agri‐food markets. A full understanding of agribusiness' strategies needs to address the changes brought about by the pandemic on peasant‐like farmers and rural workers, the alternatives they have developed (mainly agroecology) in their struggle against the dominant food regime in recent years, and explore the extent to which local expressions of this antagonism are being reshaped. In doing so, we also pay attention to the role of the state.