Title:
Small-scale farmers under socialist governments : Venezuela and the ALBA People's Trade Agreement
Authors:
Michelutti, L.
Place:
The Hague [etc.]
Publisher:
Hivos [etc.]
Year:
2012
PAGE:
24
ISBN:
978-1-84369-870-8
Language:
eng
Subject:
Agriculture and Rural Development
Keywords:
agriculture
,
markets
,
political conditions
Abstract:
The Bolivarian Alliance for Our Americas People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-PTA), was established between Venezuela and Cuba in 2004 and now incorporates several other Latin American countries. This paper examines some of the social, economic, political and cultural aspects of ALBA-PTA in relation to small farmers’ agency. Building on insights provided by a case study of Venezuela and the ALBA experience in Bolivia and Nicaragua, it assesses whether small-scale farmers in ALBA countries are benefiting from policies or public and private institutional arrangements that empower them to enter and stay in markets; what opportunities exist for them to improve or exercise their individual and collective agency and to make better-informed choices about the markets in which they operate, and whether and how they influence policies.
Organization:
Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS)
,
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Organization:
Mainumby Nakurutu
Country:
Bolivia
,
Nicaragua
,
Venezuela
Region:
Central America
,
Latin America
Category:
General
Right:
© 2012 Hivos, IIED & Mainumby Nakurutu
Document type:
Report
File:
467327.pdf