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- Title
Neo-colonialism in the Polish rural world: CAP approach and the phenomenon of suitcase farmers.
- Authors
Biczkowski, Mirosław; Rudnicki, Roman; Chodkowska-Miszczuk, Justyna; Wiśniewski, Łukasz; Kistowski, Mariusz; Wiśniewski, Paweł
- Abstract
Notwithstanding the opportunities it provides, the implementation of some measures of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (EU CAP), including agri-environment-climate measures (AECMs), also generates threats. The study identifies an extremely disturbing process that can be referred to as "internal neo-colonialism", which has been driven by the technocratic agrarian policy of the EU and transformations in Poland at the turn of the twenty-first century. The associated disadvantageous practices mainly affect areas under threat of marginalisation and peripheralisation, including Poland with its post-Socialist heritage, which has shaped the attitudes and behaviour of society and has consolidated linkages between politics and business. In order to retrace such activities, the study analyses EU funds granted in support of farmers implementing AECMs, with a focus on analysing the place of residence of the "farmer" and the location of the farm. As the research shows, the attractiveness of CAP support causes Polish agriculture and Poland's countryside, including its natural and financial resources, to be drained by so-called "suitcase farmers", i.e. people/entities not tied to the place where the agricultural activity is pursued, many of whom live in cities. One common practice is to take over land located in legally protected areas noted for their high quality of natural environment. Not only does the practice of land grabbing strengthen the social exclusion of rural communities and the peripheralisation and pauperisation of these areas, but it also hinders discussion about environmental justice and the ecological integrity of rural areas.
- Subjects
BUSINESS &; politics; NEOCOLONIALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL justice; ECOLOGICAL integrity; SUITCASES; RURAL women
- Publication
Agriculture & Human Values, 2023, Vol 40, Issue 2, p667
- ISSN
0889-048X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10460-022-10381-8