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Abstract
During a global corporative food regime (1980–2008), the creation of the international legal framework for trade liberalization, the protection of intellectual property rights, and consequently the implementation of neoliberal policies at a national level have drastically changed the conditions for Mexican agricultural production. In this article, the origin of these significant changes is identified with an explanation of the food system’s structural transformation at an international and national level, as well as illustrated with the transnational agribusiness’ dominance in agricultural production. Subsequently, in this context an example of subordinated Mexican small scale maize production in the rural municipality of Tonatico, Estado de Mexico, is analyzed. This is accomplished by illustrating the incremented exploitation of campesino production within the corporate food regime. The analysis at a local level is based on field work carried out while staying in the municipality.
Highlights
From the 1980s until today the Mexican agricultural sector has been restructured
In 2013, Monsanto controlled 26% of the world’s seed market, and together with two other companies, Dupont (USA) and Syngenta (Switzerland), they represent more than half (55%) of the market (ETC-group 2015), which is possible due to the WTO’s legal framework and the implementation of the neoliberal policies at the national level
The technological tools used by the farmers in the United States of America (USA) are significantly different from the ones we find in most parts of Mexico
Summary
During a global corporative food regime (1980–2008), the creation of the international legal framework for trade liberalization, the protection of intellectual property rights, and the implementation of neoliberal policies at a national level have drastically changed the conditions for Mexican agricultural production. The origin of these significant changes is identified with an explanation of the food system’s structural transformation at an international and national level, as well as illustrated with the transnational agribusiness’ dominance in agricultural production. In this context an example of subordinated Mexican small scale maize production in the rural municipality of Tonatico, Estado de México, is analyzed. This is accomplished by illustrating the incremented exploitation of campesino production within the corporate food regime.
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