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Martyrdom of the Cerrado: An Agri-Food Territory in Need of Justice

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dc.creator Sauer, Sérgio
dc.creator Cabral, Lídia
dc.date 2022-03-24T09:44:43Z
dc.date 2022-03-24T09:44:43Z
dc.date 2022-03-24
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:54:02Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:54:02Z
dc.identifier Sauer, S. and Cabral, L. (2022) 'Martyrdom of the Cerrado: An Agri-Food Territory in Need of Justice', IDS Policy Briefing 189, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/IDS.2022.010
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dc.identifier Sauer, S. e Cabral, L. (2022) 'Martírio do Cerrado: um território agroalimentar carente de justiça', IDS Policy Briefing 190, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/IDS.2022.011
dc.identifier 1479-974X
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17245
dc.identifier Rural Futures
dc.identifier 10.19088/IDS.2022.010
dc.identifier 10.19088/IDS.2022.011
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/199041
dc.description The Cerrado is a natural biome occupying 25 per cent of Brazil’s surface. Compared to the Amazon, it is relatively unknown to international audiences, yet it is currently the world’s largest agricultural frontier. Intensive soybean and beef production are driving deforestation, water depletion, habitat loss, and land grabbing. Emphasising the scale of land-based inequality and conflicts, this briefing exposes the Cerrado as a territory of martyrdom, contrasting the ‘miracle’ portrayed by the dominant agri-food regime. Resistance struggles within the region are outlined and recommendations looking to challenge the success narrative of agribusiness and to move towards territorial justice are presented.
dc.description O Cerrado é um bioma natural que ocupa 25% das terras do Brasil. É relativamente desconhecido do público internacional, se comparado com a Amazônia, mas é atualmente a maior fronteira agrícola do mundo. A produção intensiva de soja e de carne bovina impulsiona o desmatamento, o esgotamento da água, a perda de habitat, e o land grabbing (apropriação de terras). Salientando a escala da desigualdade e dos conflitos fundiários, este Briefing revela o Cerrado como um território de martírio, uma perspectiva que contrasta com o “milagre” retratado pelo regime agroalimentar dominante. As lutas de resistência na região são delineadas e são apresentadas recomendações que procuram desafiar a narrativa de sucesso do agronegócio e avançar para a justiça territorial.
dc.description British Council Grant 2019-RLWK11-10177
dc.description Newton Fund
dc.description Economic and Social Research Council (ID ES/R00658X/1)
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.relation IDS Policy Briefing;189
dc.relation IDS Policy Briefing;190
dc.rights This is an Open Access briefing distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited and any modifications or adaptations are indicated.
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights Institute of Development Studies
dc.subject Agriculture
dc.subject Environment
dc.subject Globalisation
dc.subject Politics and Power
dc.subject Rights
dc.subject Rural Development
dc.title Martyrdom of the Cerrado: An Agri-Food Territory in Need of Justice
dc.title Martírio do Cerrado: um território agroalimentar carente de justiça
dc.type IDS Policy Briefing
dc.coverage Brazil


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