Contract Farming and Land Grabbing in Argentina

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyse the characteristics and effects of contract farming on five specific crops in Argentina, including poultry, tobacco, yerba mate, wheat, and malting barley.This analysis will be carried out in terms of the following dimensions: theactors, the characteristics of the contract, its impacts on the contractingparties, the role of the state and the conflicts that arise in the transaction.