Beyond the boom-bust cycle: An interdisciplinary framework for analysing crop booms

Castella Jean-Christophe, Lu Juliet, Friis Cecilie, Bruun Hans Henrik, Cole Robert, Junquera Victoria, Kenney-Lazar Miles, Mahanty Sango, Ornetsmüller Christine, Pravalprukskul Prin, Vagneron Isabelle. 2023. Beyond the boom-bust cycle: An interdisciplinary framework for analysing crop booms. Global Environmental Change, 80:102651, 18 p.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102651

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Résumé : The expansion of commercial agriculture is one of the primary drivers of livelihood and land-use changes in the world. Globalisation and other factors have intensified this expansion to the point where booms in single cash crops overtake entire regions before going bust, a pattern that is particularly pervasive in resource frontiers. Using case studies across the Mekong Region, a place which serves as a harbinger for crop booms globally, we propose a new analytical framework for understanding and governing crop booms. We combine multiple theoretical approaches to study crop booms and draw on insights from case study work conducted across temporal and spatial scales. The framework consists of three components: 1) the nested nature of crop boom-bust trajectories, 2) the cyclical spatial and temporal patterns of crop booms, and 3) the variegated pathways and impacts of agrarian change. The framework presents new insights into the processes of agricultural intensification in frontier spaces. As such, it facilitates a better understanding of the drivers, characteristics and impacts of crop booms for researchers and decision-makers alike with the intention of supporting efforts to develop more sustainable pathways in the region and beyond.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : agroécologie, étude de cas, utilisation des terres, diversification, impact sur l'environnement, gouvernance, variégation, structure agraire, plante de culture

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : République démocratique populaire lao

Mots-clés libres : Fronts pionniers, Matières premières, Asie du Sud-Est, Crop boom cycles, Governance, Nested scales, Variegated pathways, Conceptual framework, Mekong Region

Classification Agris : F01 - Culture des plantes
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 2 (2019-) - Transitions agroécologiques

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