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- Title
Straddling Contract and Estate Farming: Accumulation Strategies of Senegalese Horticultural Exporters.
- Authors
Baglioni, Elena
- Abstract
This paper draws on primary qualitative data to explore the accumulation strategies of indigenous exporters in the Senegalese horticultural sectors who supply European markets. It argues that exporters straddle contract and estate farming as a strategy to break through and survive in European markets, where the power of large-scale retailers is increasing and the proliferation of food standards act as a non-tariff barrier. It also analyses the relative opportunities as well as the costs of contract and estate farming. Then it focuses on how the control of buyers over suppliers is far from complete, revealing downstream and upstream spaces and dynamics of non-compliance. In conclusion, some reflections on the development of capitalism in Africa are advanced.
- Subjects
SENEGAL; BIOACCUMULATION in plants; HORTICULTURE &; economics; CAPITALISM; AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
Journal of Agrarian Change, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
1471-0358
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/joac.12032