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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas (IGCE) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Samuel Frederico is professor of the Geography Department of University of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. He graduated and holds a Master?s degree in Geography in the University of Campinas (Brazil) and a PhD in Human Geography in the University of Sao Paulo (USP). His research interests include the territorial dynamics of modernization and expansion of agriculture in Brazil, especially soybeans and coffee and the power of regulation of large global companies. More recently, he has extended his research to the relationship between the global financialization of the economy and land grabbing in areas of agricultural frontier in Brazil. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The main objective of the research is to analyze how the process of globalization and financialization of capital introduces a new pace of expansion and new forms of territorial agricultural use. Therefore, this research seeks to analyze the forms of action and strategies of accumulation of agricultural enterprises controlled by institutional investors in the Matopiba region. In order to …
The work plan of the visit of Professor Martine Guibert aims to contribute to the development of the following research projects: Regular Research Grants FAPESP Nº 2013/09143-9, entitled "Used territory and accumulation by dispossession: land grabbing and modern agriculture production in Brazil and Argentina"; CNPq 470751/2013-4, entitled "Financial capital and territorial resources: new …
The aim of this project is analyze how the use of the Brazilian and Argentine territory for the financial capital, by land appropriation and modern agriculture production are renewed means of accumulation by dispossession, with expropriation of other means of production and social reproduction and consequently productive territorial specialization. As are the largest agricultural produce…
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In this project, we start with the idea that financial agents are imposing a new dynamic in world agriculture. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the increase in demand for commodities along with the global financial crisis has paved the way for financial investors' interest in controlling land. The Brazilian territory, with its comparatively cheap land stock, has become attractive …
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In the current period of Capital overaccumulation, financial capital constantly seeks innovative ways of accumulation, especially via new assets and territories incorporation in their investment portfolio. As a consequence, beyond the traditional applications in financial instruments, as stocks, debentures and securities exchange, it is becoming more common the capital overaccumulated inv…
This research derives from the FAPESP Nº 2015/10471-6 project, which aims to analyse the strategies of use of Brazilian territory by the BrasilAgro company. It is the first Brazilian company connected to the agricultural production traded on the stock market - São Paulo and New York. The beginning of the XXI century was marked by the agricultural commodities "boom" and for the 2008 financ…
In times of strong financial expansion of the historical geography of capitalism, as in the current period of globalization, surplus capital constantly seeking new ways to accumulation like dispossession of natural resources sucha as land and water. In this context, the main objective of this research is to analyze the changes in the use of Brazilian territory due to the relationship betw…
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