In Argentina, the recent expansion of agriculture has turned into an extreme process almost completely dominated by soybean. The magnitude and speed of soybean expansion are believed to be the main drivers behind social, organizational and economic changes, including the displacement of small-scale producers out of agriculture. Under these transformations, land leasing is a critical management practice and constitutes a link among agricultural actors. This study analyzes changes in land tenancy patterns considering the recent agriculturization process but also older drivers of change. Our results indicate that the expansion of agriculture affects small-and large-scale farms differently, as land renting practices and productive orientation show clear differences by size. In the land leasing market, local producers are the main tenants while sowing pools rent about one quarter of the leased land. The competition for leasing farmland appears to operate within farm sizes. Small-and medium-scale producers compete among them for land, while large-scale local producers compete with sowing pools for the larger plots. Sowing pools do not appear to be the main drivers of land tenancy changes as they are no more relevant than local actors in the land leasing market. However, results suggest that small-scale landowners renting out their land for several years are the ones with higher probabilities of selling their lands. This segment of producers appears to be the one most negatively affected by soybeanization.
Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance
Résumé
en
In Argentina, the recent expansion of agriculture has turned into an extreme process almost completely dominated by soybean. The magnitude and speed of soybean expansion are believed to be the main drivers behind social, organizational and economic changes, including the displacement of small-scale producers out of agriculture. Under these transformations, land leasing is a critical management practice and constitutes a link among agricultural actors. This study analyzes changes in land tenancy patterns considering the recent agriculturization process but also older drivers of change. Our results indicate that the expansion of agriculture affects small-and large-scale farms differently, as land renting practices and productive orientation show clear differences by size. In the land leasing market, local producers are the main tenants while sowing pools rent about one quarter of the leased land. The competition for leasing farmland appears to operate within farm sizes. Small-and medium-scale producers compete among them for land, while large-scale local producers compete with sowing pools for the larger plots. Sowing pools do not appear to be the main drivers of land tenancy changes as they are no more relevant than local actors in the land leasing market. However, results suggest that small-scale landowners renting out their land for several years are the ones with higher probabilities of selling their lands. This segment of producers appears to be the one most negatively affected by soybeanization.
Auteur(s)
Hernán A. Urcola1
, Xavier Arnauld de Sartre2, 3
, Iran Veiga4
, Julio Elverdín5
, Christophe Albaladejo6
1
INTA -
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
( 331316 )
- Buenos Aires
- Argentine
2
Passages
( 456102 )
- Maison des Suds - 12, esplanade des Antilles - 33607 Pessac cedex
- France
Université de Bordeaux ( 259761 )
;
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication ( 300125 )
;
Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour ( 301085 )
;
Université Bordeaux Montaigne ( 412629 )
;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR5319 ( 441569 )
3
UPPA -
Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
( 301085 )
- Avenue de l'Université - BP 576 - 64012 Pau Cedex
- France
4
NEAF/UFPA -
Université Fédérale du Pará, Nucleo de estudos integrados sobre a agriculture familiar
( 6762 )
- France
Federal University of Para - Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA [Belém, Brazil] ( 441981 )
5
AGRITERRIS -
Actividad Agropecuaria, Territorios y Sistemas agroalimentarios localizados
( 127777 )
- 276 (7600) Balcarce
- Argentine
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) ( 330956 )
6
AGIR -
AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires
( 74637 )
- Centre de Recherches INRA de Toulouse Chemin de Borderouge 31326 CASTANET TOLOSAN
- France
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UMR1248 ( 92114 )
;
Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) ( 448187 )
;
Université de Toulouse ( 443875 )
Public visé
Scientifique
Sous-type de document pour les Articles
Research article
Version du document
version éditeur
Nom de la revue
Journal of Rural Studies
(ISSN : 0743-0167)
Publié par Elsevier
Revue non référencée dans Sherpa-Romeo
Vulgarisation
Non
Comité de lecture
Oui
Audience
Internationale
Date de publication
2015
Page/Identifiant
32-40
Volume
39
Langue du document
Anglais
Voir aussi
https://archives-publications.inrae.fr/334124.pdf
Domaine(s)
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Géographie
Projet(s) ANR
Insertion territoriale de l'activité agricole et maîtrise locale des ressources. Places des agricultures familiales dans les métiers du développement en Argentine et au Brésil
[En savoir plus]
INTERRA -
ANR-09-STRA-0004
Systerra
- 2009
Financement
National Program for the Development and Sustainability of the Territories, INTA Argentina, through Laboratorio AGRITERRIS and through Project PNSEPT 1129023
Mots-clés
en
transformations, soybean, Land tenancy, technological innovation, agricultural actors
Hernán A. Urcola, Xavier Arnauld de Sartre, Iran Veiga, Julio Elverdín, Christophe Albaladejo. Land tenancy, soybean, actors and transformations in the pampas: A district balance. Journal of Rural Studies, 2015, 39, pp.32-40. ⟨10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.03.001⟩. ⟨halshs-01252579⟩