NEW101H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter Feb 9: Debt Bondage, Breadbasket, Food Sovereignty
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Tony weis (2003) agrarian decline and breadbasket dependence in the caribbean: confronting illusions of inevitability," labour, capital and society 36(2), pp. Regions niches in the global economy have changed (weis, 2003). The peasantation" of the caribbean societies was rapid and profound after. Despite the fact that a significant amount of the caribbean population was agrarian during the 1960"s, concerns existed about malnutrition in the region (weis, pg. 179) this time period saw the beginnings of industrialization via branch-plant manufacturing (weis, pg. Combined with political turmoil, the caribbean began changing its fundamental economic structures. Haiti as bringing the whole average down as one of the poorest nations in the world. Agro-export production fell in the caribbean commonwealth by 40% from the 1960"s to (weis, pg. Balanced out export earnings however only a temporary solution which resulted in a crisis with bananas in the 90"s and sugar in 2004 (weis, pg.
