Class dynamics in contract farming: the case of tobacco production in Mozambique

Helena Pérez Niño

doi:10.1080/01436597.2016.1180956

Class dynamics in contract farming: the case of tobacco production in Mozambique

Helena Pérez Niño^*

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University of the Western Cape

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Abstract

This paper examines the class relations emerging in a contract farming scheme in Mozambique. Debates in the literature about contract farming characterise this market arrangement as leading to farmers losing control over production at the hands of capital. By discussing both the drivers and impacts of changes in the division of property and labour, this paper reveals a complex class structure in which the pressure of merchant capital on farmers is internalized within households and transferred onto workers and sharecroppers. This challenges the pertinence of conventional policy that prescribes empowering contract farmers without considering their varied class positions and interests.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1787-1808
Number of pages	22
Journal	Third World Quarterly
Volume	37
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1180956
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Funding:
Research was funded by a Bloomsbury Colleges scholarship and fieldwork grant from the London International Development Centre, both during my PhD at SOAS, University of London.

Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Southseries Inc., www.thirdworldquarterly.com.

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