The second wave of globalisation and agrarian change in the Pacific Islands |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragod, Kerala, India;2. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram, Kerala, India;1. Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal — CNRS — IRD, OPGC, 5 rue Kessler, 63038 Clermont Ferrand, France;2. Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, UMR CNRS 6112, 2 rue de la Houssinière, 44322 Nantes, France;3. O.R.A. (Observer Relever Analyser) association — “Wings for science” project, Maison des associations, 38 boulevard Henri IV, 75004 Paris, France;4. Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise (OVPF), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR 7154, Géologie des Systèmes Volcaniques, 14 RN3, le 27ème km, 97418, La Plaine des Cafres, La Réunion, France;5. Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion, Université de la Réunion, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 7154,15 avenue René Cassin, CS 92003, 97744 Saint Denis, cedex 9, La Réunion, France;6. Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department, P.M.B. 9054, Port Vila, Vanuatu |
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| Abstract: | The global agro-food complex is penetrating the most ‘isolated’ and ‘peripheral’ localities of the world. In the Pacific Islands, a second wave of globalisation is pulling a number of small island nations into the increasingly globalised neoliberal agricultural sector. Conscious of the under-analysis of globalisation in Southern agriculture in general, this article has three broad aims. Firstly, it contextualises and traces the evolution of the second wave of globalisation, compares it to the first, and discusses its impacts on the agricultural sector of the Pacific Islands. Secondly, it explores the local socio-economic and environmental impacts of the second wave through two primary research-based case studies in Tonga and Niue. Finally, it calls for a concerted critical research effort designed to uncover the workings of neoliberal agricultural globalisation in the region and suggests means of resisting its worst implications. |
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