GEOG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ceratonia Siliqua, Horacio Cartes, Handmark
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Geography lecture 6 global farmers in the 21st century. Interesting dynamic -> has been deforested very quickly: large scale farmer: belem. Agribusiness in argentina: argentine is top exporter of soy, soy production has replaced grazing lands, move towards industrial farming and less free-range. Lots of cash what to do? (cid:523)for farmers(cid:524: because of crisis no one trusted the bank, a lot of people looked for ways to invest in land and agriculture with the extra money. The creditors then seized the assets and these brazilians lost their land and went back to brazil: after that, rising prices and lots of land. What does belem produce: soybeans, mostly one variety, some other crops (wheat, sunflowers, these crops are all rotated, cattles, two different breeds and around 4000. How does she produce it: fattening, breeding, feedlot finishing supplemental feeding, slaughter. Political uncertainties: growing anti-globalist and anti-capitalist discourse, peasant occupations of large farms, risk of expropriation by the government.
