The Impacts of the Changing Division of Labor in Industrial Agriculture: Case Studies from the United States, France and South Africa

9422817 Jarosz虽然制造业的全球化受到了相当大的关注，但戏剧性的变化也改变了农业企业。全球粮食生产系统目前的特点是跨国公司的纵向和横向一体化，以及资本和劳动密集型的生产、加工和分销网络。这项研究规划补助金将使富有成效的女性研究人员能够继续开发国际比较研究项目。这个项目将探索近几十年来美国、法国和南非苹果行业不断变化的分工是如何演变的，因为所有这些地区的行业都已经成为亚洲和欧洲市场的竞争对手。这项研究将依赖于历史和档案研究，以及焦点小组和对该行业不同方面的所有者、运营商和工人的采访。该奖项将有助于完善南非和华盛顿州的研究计划。这一奖项将继续发展一个具有巨大潜力的研究项目。该项目将比较不同阶级、种族和性别群体之间不断变化的劳动分工与不同地区农业产业全球化的关系。通过这些分析，将更全面地了解每个区域在努力发展在全球市场上具有经济竞争力的社会和环境可持续农业系统时所面临的机会和制约因素。

9422817 JAROSZ Although considerable attention has been given to globalization of manufacturing industries, dramatic changes also have transformed agricultural enterprises. Global food productive systems now are characterized by vertical and horizontal integration of multinational corporations and by capital- and labor-intensive production, processing, and distribution networks. This Research Planning Grant will enable a productive female investigator to continue development of an international comparative research project. This project will explore how changing divisions of labor in the apple industries of the U.S., France, and South Africa have evolved over recent decades as industries in all of these regions have become competitors for Asian and European markets. The research will rely on historical and archival research as well as focus groups and interviews with owners, operators, and workers in different facets of the industry. This award will facilitate refinement of research plans in South Africa and Washington state. This award will continue the development of a research project with great potential. The project will compare the ways that changing divisions of labor among different class, ethnic, and gender groups are related to globalization of agricultural industries in different regions. Through these analyses, more complete understandings will result of the opportunities and constraints facing each of the regions as they try to develop socially and environmentally sustainable agricultural systems that are economically competitive in global markets.