Post-Fordist Global Food Chains and the Global South

Post-Fordist Global Food Chains and
the Global South
► 1)
The Impact of Colonialism on Agriculture
and Land Ownership
► 2) Variations in the Post-Colonial Global
South:
► A) Food Import Dependencies: Burkina
Faso, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Zambia.
► B) Self-Sufficiency’: India and China.
► C) Agro-Export Countries: Brazil, Chile,
Mexico and South Africa.
Post-Fordist Food Chains and the
Global South
► 3)
Structural Adjustment in the 1980s and
1990s
► A) Role of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
► B) Role of the World Bank
► C) Structural Adjustment Programmes
(SAPS) and ‘tropical commodity
dependence.