Globalization of Agriculture
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The world's agrifood systems have been transformed by a process of globalization in which ever-closer functional integration of the world's economies has occurred, supported by the Internet, the rise of transnational corporations, and the removal of many barriers to trade and investment. This review outlines the key characteristics of globalization and then details the changes occurring to agriculture and the broader agrifood system. It addresses the worldwide spread of productivist, specialized, industrial-style farming methods and their consequences, both positive and negative. The review focuses on three key issues: the world's capability to produce enough food to feed humankind; the important roles played in shaping globalization by transnational corporations, global finance, and government policies; and the emerging challenges to globalization. The first of these addresses the current debate regarding whether it is possible to maintain ecological diversity while producing sufficient food to feed the world. The other issue acknowledges that outcomes of global processes are spatially uneven and strongly contested by forms of agriculture antithetical to the homogenized, capitalist, neoliberal model associated with globalization.
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Many problems of current agricultural systems are specifically linked to highly specialized and simplified industrial agri-food systems dominating farming landscapes in many world regions.
“Many of these problems are specifically linked to highly specialized and simplified industrial agri-food systems dominating farming landscapes in many world regions [4,5].”
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Background
- Authors
- Robinson, G. M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Robinson, Guy M.
- ORCID
- Robinson, Guy M.
- Venue
- Annual Review of Resource Economics
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2018-10-05
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 133-160
- ISSN
- 1941-1340 (ISSN-L)
- 1941-1359
- OpenAlex
- W2806607736
- Cited by
- 88
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 1.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Annual Review of Resource Economics (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Agricultural and Food Production Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Keywords
- globalization of agriculture, agri-food systems, multinational corporations, food security, industrial agriculture, ecological diversity, international finance, agricultural policy, neoliberalism, trade and investment liberalization
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