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The Agrarian Question and Food Security - Agriculture and Food in the Municipality of Nepomuceno-MG. DE

English · Paperback / Softback

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The book QUESTÃO AGRÁRIA E SEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR discusses the reverberations of the insertion of capitalist practices and relations of production and labor in agriculture and, consequently, in food. Based empirically on field research carried out in the municipality of Nepomuceno-MG, one of the largest coffee producers in Brazil and the world, the work addresses the subordination of agriculture to the capitalist mode of production. Adhering to neoliberal logic, municipalities whose economy is based on agricultural production develop monoculture practices, which significantly reduce the diversity and quality of the food grown and consumed. In addition, the deleterious consequences of the spread of urban-industrial inputs, such as pesticides and transgenic seeds, in the production process are discussed, leading to contamination of the environment, food and human beings. As a consequence of the subsumption of agriculture to capitalism, the share of land rent and surplus value appropriated by capitalists has increased and food security has decreased, harming both producers and consumers.

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Lucas Guedes Vilas Boas has a degree in Geography, a specialization in Human Sciences and Health, and a Master's degree in Geography from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Federal Technological Education Center of Minas Gerais and a PhD candidate in Geography at the Federal University of Minas Gerais.

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Authors Lucas Guedes Vilas Boas
Publisher Our Knowledge Publishing
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.04.2024
 
EAN 9786207497096
ISBN 9786207497096
No. of pages 108
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography

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