Agroecology and Feminism in Vale Do Ribeira (Brazil): Towards More Sustainable Forms of Reproducing Life

Isabelle Hillenkamp () and Miriam Nobre ()
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Isabelle Hillenkamp: American and Asian Worlds (CESSMA)
Miriam Nobre: Sempreviva Organização Feminista (SOF)

Chapter Chapter 10 in Social Reproduction, Solidarity Economy, Feminisms and Democracy, 2021, pp 211-236 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter describes the process of building a networkNetwork of agroecological womenWomen farmers in the Vale do Ribeira region with the support of the Brazilian feminist NGONon-governmental organizations (NGO), SOF (Sempreviva Organização Feminista), since 2015. Located in south-eastern Brazil, Vale do Ribeira became known first for its minerals, then for its water resources, biodiversity and arable land. Since colonialColonial times, these assets have been the target of different systems of appropriation, which have exerted strong pressure on workers—who went from being slaves in the past to “familyFamily farmers” in the present—and natural resources.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71531-1_10

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