Feeding the Market

South American Farmers, Trade and Globalization

• Author(s): Jon Hellin, Sophie Higman,
• Publisher: Kumarian Press
• Pages: 236
• ISBN_10: 1565491726
  ISBN_13: 9781565491724
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Exports & Imports , Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Political Economy , Political Science / Globalization ,

Description:... * Provides Southern perspective on the globalization and farming debate
* Interviews with small farmers, government agencies, NGOs, and corporations

Globalization grants small farmers in South America new opportunities for agricultural exports, but it also makes them vulnerable to global market fluctuations. Feeding the Market gives a voice to the rural poor who are striving to benefit from rapid market integration.

Presenting vivid vignettes from the vast grasslands of Patagonia to the coffee farms of Ecuador, the authors highlight the practical obstacles that farmers encounter in trying to meet rising market demands. Hellin and Higman elucidate the changes in policies and markets that are needed, and the interventions through which development professionals can have a genuine impact.