(Trans)national agribusiness capital and land market dynamics in Mexico
2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 33; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/02255189.2012.747429
ISSN2158-9100
AutoresHéctor Manuel Robles Berlanga,
Tópico(s)Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
ResumoAbstract This study, carried out in the context of contributing to a better understanding of the global phenomenon of contemporary land grabbing, focuses on the dynamics of Mexico's land market. It examines the dynamics of the circulation of land, distinguishing between agrarian arrangements which alter property rights (inheritance, transfer and sale) from those which affect only land use options such as leasing, sharecropping and lending. Additionally, the study addresses two new areas of land legislation, full ownership and commercial companies, mechanisms that might favour the circulation and concentration of land. Cette étude porte sur la dynamique du marché foncier mexicain dans le but de comprendre le phénomène mondial d'accaparement des terres. Elle examine divers modes de transmission de la terre afin de distinguer entre des opérations qui transforment les droits de propriété telles que l'héritage, le transfert et la vente et celles qui n'affectent que l'utilisation du sol telles que le fermage, le métayage et le prêt. Elle s'intéresse enfin à deux nouveaux domaines de la législation foncière, la pleine propriété et les compagnies commerciales, qui proposent des mécanismes qui pourraient favoriser les changements de propriétaire et la concentration foncière. Résumé Cette étude porte sur la dynamique du marché foncier mexicain dans le but de comprendre le phénomène mondial d'accaparement des terres. Elle examine divers modes de transmission de la terre afin de distinguer entre des opérations qui transforment les droits de propriété telles que l'héritage, le transfert et la vente et celles qui n'affectent que l'utilisation du sol telles que le fermage, le métayage et le prêt. Elle s'intéresse enfin à deux nouveaux domaines de la législation foncière, la pleine propriété et les compagnies commerciales, qui proposent des mécanismes qui pourraient favoriser les changements de propriétaire et la concentration foncière. Keywords: land grabbingland concentrationagrarian capitalcontract farming Notes Original article text translated from Spanish by Tanya Kerssen. Ejido: an agrarian community or town, and a means of providing land to poor farmers, in the Mexican system. The land is divided into two sections, one communal in nature (held directly by all ejido members) and the other made up of individual parcels. The governing body is the Commissariat (Comisario). "Direct rights" imply full ownership. These rights can be transmitted through various legal acts, such as the transfer of rights or the transfer of ownership (Zepeda Citation2000). Indirect rights are granted mainly through lending, leasing, sharecropping and concession (in the case of lands in the public domain; Zepeda Citation2000). RAN (National Agrarian Registry) Citation(2008). La Jornada, 24 April 2006. La Jornada, 27 December 2006. La Jornada, 10 January 2005. Implemented in late 1993, Procampo emerged as a mechanism for transferring resources to compensate domestic producers receiving subsidies in competition with foreign companies, replacing the guaranteed price scheme for grains and oilseeds. La Jornada, 17 July 2009. The FAO study's definition requires the presence of large-scale land acquisition and the involvement of governments as buyers and sellers of land.
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