Connects and disconnects between small scale farmers and policies_F Guharay
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Connects and disconnects between small-scale farmers and policies:
Lessons of the learning network Small Producers Agency in the Small Producers Agency in the Globalized MarketsGlobalized Markets
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Obstacles to small-scale producer agency in policy making
- Lack or ineffective use of spaces to shape policies
- Weak representation in the policy process
- Lack of capacity for knowledge-based advocacy
- Representation without agency
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Policies not supporting economic interests of small-scale producers
- Bias in trade agreements against small-scale farmers
- Policies fail to differentiate between small- and large-scale farmers
- Institutional weakness resulting inadequate policy implementation
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Links between political agency and economic agency
Liberalization of national coffee market in Ethiopia
Challenging tax laws in Peru
Social movements linked with economic agency in Nicaragua
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Pathways for political and civic agency
Parallel economy of indigenous Aymara in Bolivia
Smallholders mobilizing territories, cultural identity and traditional knowledge in Argentina
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Reshaping the debate
We may conclude by stating that in current debates:
- Economic empowerment is given priority over political empowerment
- Small-scale farmers are excluded or not well represented in the policy debate.
- Many a times they are considered to be small versions of large-scale farmers.
- Their interests are often presented by their ‘advocates’ in highly polarized terms.
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Reshaping the debate
In the new debates we must consider:
- Space and effectiveness of small-scale producers in the policy process
- Urgent need for the knowledge-based advocacy- Complementary nature of political y economic agency.- Small-scale producers as active economic actors when
faced with globalization.- The inter-relation between small farmers agency and
informality. Work out the policy implications with careful attention
to both political and economic agency.