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Agro-export specialization and food security in a sub-national context: the case of Colombian cut flowers

Patel-Campillo, Anouk ORCID: 0000-0002-9841-4310 (2010) Agro-export specialization and food security in a sub-national context: the case of Colombian cut flowers. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 3 (2). pp. 279-294. ISSN 1752-1378

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Identification Number: 10.1093/cjres/rsq011

Abstract

Export-oriented development is largely premised on the spread and intensification of non-traditional agricultural exports (NTAEs) destined for northern markets. While developing countries have become leading suppliers of NTAEs, there has been limited attention to the impacts of agro-export specialization on food security at the sub-national scale. This article examines the impact of agro-export specialization on food security in flower-producing municipalities in the savanna of Bogotá region in Colombia1. I argue that current trends in domestic food production at the regional and municipal scales and purchasing power of individual households associated with trade liberalization and NTAEs pose a threat to food security at the sub-national scale.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2010 The Author
Divisions: Gender Studies
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
JEL classification: P - Economic Systems > P1 - Capitalist Systems > P16 - Political Economy
R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes
Date Deposited: 05 Jun 2019 13:42
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2024 07:50
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/100969

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