LOOKING AT NORTH: CLASS, GENDER AND ETHNICITY IN TNEW FRUITCULTURE REGIONS OF BRAZIL

Authors

  • Josefa Salete Barbosa Universidad Federal de Pernambuco
  • Dalva Maria da Mota Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros
  • Pedro Carlos Gama da Silva Embrapa Semi-Árido
Keywords: Brazil, tropical fruits, globalization, gender, ethnicity

Abstract

This paper examines aspects of the globalisation of agro-food systems, emphasizing socioeconomic changes that take place in new fruitculture regions oriented to the North markets, according to dimensions of class, gender and etnicity. The productive strategies used by the actors to attend the requirements of fruit quality and the context of global /local relations are analysed , based on research carried out in the Northeast Brazil.

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Published
21-01-2012
How to Cite
Salete Barbosa, J., da Mota, D. M., & Gama da Silva, P. C. (2012). LOOKING AT NORTH: CLASS, GENDER AND ETHNICITY IN TNEW FRUITCULTURE REGIONS OF BRAZIL. Areas. International Social Science Journal, (22), 161–181. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/areas/article/view/144451
Issue
No. 22 (2002): Trabajo y sociedad en los campos de la globalización agroalimentaria
Section
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