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SUMMARY:Control and agency in global production networks
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DESCRIPTION:The political economy of contract farming in Zimbabwe’s toba
 cco sector\n\nContract farming (CF) has become a key mode of organizing ag
 ricultural production in many rural areas of the global south with direct 
 consequences for work and livelihood conditions. CF is a system that invol
 ves a substantial restructuring and reorganization of production and labor
  relations\, outsourcing labor costs\, production costs\, and risks to con
 tract farmers. This paper builds upon and extends the labor regimes framew
 ork. It conceptualizes CF as a distinct labor regime characterized by flex
 ibility\, fragmentation\, and the blurring of capital-labor boundaries. Th
 e paper integrates insights from agrarian political economy and global pro
 duction network analysis to examine how mechanisms of control—contractua
 l discipline\, indebtedness\, and managerial control—structure the produ
 ction process. It also explores how these mechanisms interact with the con
 strained agency of contract farmers.
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URL:https://www.zef.de/news-press/events/control-and-agency-in-global-prod
 uction-networks
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