Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance

In Argentina, the recent expansion of agriculture has turned into an extreme process almost completely dominated by soybean. The magnitude and speed of soybean expansion are believed to be the main drivers behind social, organizational and economic changes, including the displacement of small-sca...

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Autores principales: Urcola, Hernan Alejandro, De Sartre, Xavier Arnauld, Veiga, Iran, Elverdin, Julio Horacio, Albaladejo, Christophe
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1149
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016715000212
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.03.001
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author Urcola, Hernan Alejandro
De Sartre, Xavier Arnauld
Veiga, Iran
Elverdin, Julio Horacio
Albaladejo, Christophe
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De Sartre, Xavier Arnauld
Elverdin, Julio Horacio
Urcola, Hernan Alejandro
Veiga, Iran
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De Sartre, Xavier Arnauld
Veiga, Iran
Elverdin, Julio Horacio
Albaladejo, Christophe
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description In Argentina, the recent expansion of agriculture has turned into an extreme process almost completely dominated by soybean. The magnitude and speed of soybean expansion are believed to be the main drivers behind social, organizational and economic changes, including the displacement of small-scale producers out of agriculture. Under these transformations, land leasing is a critical management practice and constitutes a link among agricultural actors. This study analyzes changes in land tenancy patterns considering the recent agriculturization process but also older drivers of change. Our results indicate that the expansion of agriculture affects small- and large-scale farms differently, as land renting practices and productive orientation show clear differences by size. In the land leasing market, local producers are the main tenants while sowing pools rent about one quarter of the leased land. The competition for leasing farmland appears to operate within farm sizes. Small- and medium-scale producers compete among them for land, while large-scale local producers compete with sowing pools for the larger plots. Sowing pools do not appear to be the main drivers of land tenancy changes as they are no more relevant than local actors in the land leasing market. However, results suggest that small-scale landowners renting out their land for several years are the ones with higher probabilities of selling their lands. This segment of producers appears to be the one most negatively affected by soybeanization.
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spelling INTA11492018-02-20T17:36:09Z Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance Urcola, Hernan Alejandro De Sartre, Xavier Arnauld Veiga, Iran Elverdin, Julio Horacio Albaladejo, Christophe Tenencia de la Tierra Land Tenure Soybeans Innovation Technological Canges Smallholders Soja Innovación Cambio Tecnológico Agricultores Pequeños Productores Región Pampeana In Argentina, the recent expansion of agriculture has turned into an extreme process almost completely dominated by soybean. The magnitude and speed of soybean expansion are believed to be the main drivers behind social, organizational and economic changes, including the displacement of small-scale producers out of agriculture. Under these transformations, land leasing is a critical management practice and constitutes a link among agricultural actors. This study analyzes changes in land tenancy patterns considering the recent agriculturization process but also older drivers of change. Our results indicate that the expansion of agriculture affects small- and large-scale farms differently, as land renting practices and productive orientation show clear differences by size. In the land leasing market, local producers are the main tenants while sowing pools rent about one quarter of the leased land. The competition for leasing farmland appears to operate within farm sizes. Small- and medium-scale producers compete among them for land, while large-scale local producers compete with sowing pools for the larger plots. Sowing pools do not appear to be the main drivers of land tenancy changes as they are no more relevant than local actors in the land leasing market. However, results suggest that small-scale landowners renting out their land for several years are the ones with higher probabilities of selling their lands. This segment of producers appears to be the one most negatively affected by soybeanization. Fil: Urcola, Hernan Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Laboratorio AGRITERRIS; Argentina Fil: De Sartre, Xavier Arnauld. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. UMR Societe Environnement Territoire; Francia. Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour; Francia Fil: Veiga, Iran. Universidade Federal do Pará. Núcleo de Ciências Agrárias e Desenvolvimento Rural; Brasil Fil: Elverdin, Julio Horacio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Laboratorio AGRITERRIS; Argentina Fil: Albaladejo, Christophe. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Systèmes Agraires et Développement' Unit. Laboratoire Agriterris; Francia 2017-09-06T14:18:31Z 2017-09-06T14:18:31Z 2015-06 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1149 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016715000212 0743-0167 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.03.001 eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/INTA/PNSETP/1129023/AR. Balcarce, Buenos Aires/Proyecto Específico Diversidad Sustentabilidad y Dinámica de los Sistemas de Producción Agropecuarios info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Argentina Journal of rural studies 39 : 32-40. (June 2015)
spellingShingle Tenencia de la Tierra
Land Tenure
Soybeans
Innovation
Technological Canges
Smallholders
Soja
Innovación
Cambio Tecnológico
Agricultores
Pequeños Productores
Región Pampeana
Urcola, Hernan Alejandro
De Sartre, Xavier Arnauld
Veiga, Iran
Elverdin, Julio Horacio
Albaladejo, Christophe
Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance
title Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance
title_full Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance
title_fullStr Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance
title_full_unstemmed Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance
title_short Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance
title_sort land tenancy soybean actors and transformations in the pampas a district balance
topic Tenencia de la Tierra
Land Tenure
Soybeans
Innovation
Technological Canges
Smallholders
Soja
Innovación
Cambio Tecnológico
Agricultores
Pequeños Productores
Región Pampeana
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1149
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016715000212
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.03.001
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