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Social reproduction in agrarian change: A critical appraisal of the food system in Uzbekistan
Food systems – and the interplay between food production, marketization and access- are a constituent element of the social reproduction of life. Using a social reproduction framework, this paper problematizes the ontological, epistemological and methodological premises of food system studies in agrarian change. Based on primary data collected during multiple rounds of fieldwork in Uzbekistan and using mixed methods, it offers a triple contribution. First, it assesses the inequalities of food security and dietary diversity among different classes of farmers and agrarian wage workers. Along these lines, it argues that individualised food security indicators do not unveil the systemic determinants that explain unequal patterns of social reproduction through nutrition during processes of agrarian marketization. To overcome individual based theorizations, it expands the investigation to market drivers and patriarchal norms linked to food knowledge, provision, affordability and availability to unpack the contraddictions that explain the uneven conditions of social reproduction through (and of) food. Finally, by explaining modalities of access and availability of ultra-processed food in rural areas, it reflects on the tensions between capitalist global food system and its interaction with the logics of state-led development to maintain the social reproduction of rural life.
Dr Lorena Lombardozzi is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Open University.
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| 30 Jan 2023 | 5:00pm - 6:45pm |
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