Sytske F Groenewald
Biographic Data
| ID | 661727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sytske F Groenewald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sytske F |
| FAMILY NAME | Groenewald |
| SIGNATURE | GROENEWALD S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wageningen University & Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social Limitations of Maize Farmers’ Adaptation to Neoliberal Policy Reform in Mexico
This article highlights the interfaces between micro-level livelihoods, social networks, and macroeconomic trends and policies. Specifically, it analyzes the role of farmer groups in livelihood adaptation of smallholder maize producers in southern Mexico. We show how neoliberal market changes have shaped the local social structure with constraining and enabling effects on households’ ability to adapt, while in turn the outcomes of the neoliberal …
Smallholder Livelihood Adaptation in the Context of Neoliberal Policy Reforms
n Governments around the world have embraced trade liberalisation as a means of enhancing efficiency to realise economic growth and alleviate poverty. Likewise, the Mexican government implemented neoliberal policy reforms, the NAFTA in particular, to stimulate sustainable development. Using the Mexican maize sector as illustration, this paper describes the adaptation process of smallholders to market changes shaped by these reforms. Going beyond …
Impact pathways of trade liberalization on rural livelihoods
Research assessing the impacts of trade liberalization on poor rural populations can be divided intotwo categories: more quantitative research, assessing relationships between specific, measurable variables (such as changes in the macroeconomic environment and their impact on farmers’ income levels); and more qualitative research, which takes trade policy as a context and provides broad, descriptive data about dynamic livelihood strategies. In th…
Trust and livelihood adaptation
This paper explores the relationship between trust and household adaptation strategies for a sample of respondents in a Mexican agrarian community. In particular, we analyze how levels of personalized, generalized, and institutionalized trust shape the adaptation strategies of smallholders, and find that households characterized by low levels of generalized and institutionalized trust are less likely to be involved in a diversified livelihood str…
Trust and livelihood adaptation
This paper explores the relationship between trust and household adaptation strategies for a sample of respondents in a Mexican agrarian community. In particular, we analyze how levels of personalized, generalized, and institutionalized trust shape the adaptation strategies of smallholders, and find that households characterized by low levels of generalized and institutionalized trust are less likely to be involved in a diversified livelihood str…
Smallholder Livelihood Adaptation in the Context of Neoliberal Policy Reforms
n Governments around the world have embraced trade liberalisation as a means of enhancing efficiency to realise economic growth and alleviate poverty. Likewise, the Mexican government implemented neoliberal policy reforms, the NAFTA in particular, to stimulate sustainable development. Using the Mexican maize sector as illustration, this paper describes the adaptation process of smallholders to market changes shaped by these reforms. Going beyond …
Impact pathways of trade liberalization on rural livelihoods
Research assessing the impacts of trade liberalization on poor rural populations can be divided intotwo categories: more quantitative research, assessing relationships between specific, measurable variables (such as changes in the macroeconomic environment and their impact on farmers’ income levels); and more qualitative research, which takes trade policy as a context and provides broad, descriptive data about dynamic livelihood strategies. In th…
Trust and livelihood adaptation
This paper explores the relationship between trust and household adaptation strategies for a sample of respondents in a Mexican agrarian community. In particular, we analyze how levels of personalized, generalized, and institutionalized trust shape the adaptation strategies of smallholders, and find that households characterized by low levels of generalized and institutionalized trust are less likely to be involved in a diversified livelihood str…
Social Limitations of Maize Farmers’ Adaptation to Neoliberal Policy Reform in Mexico
This article highlights the interfaces between micro-level livelihoods, social networks, and macroeconomic trends and policies. Specifically, it analyzes the role of farmer groups in livelihood adaptation of smallholder maize producers in southern Mexico. We show how neoliberal market changes have shaped the local social structure with constraining and enabling effects on households’ ability to adapt, while in turn the outcomes of the neoliberal …
Agriculture (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Livelihood (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Poverty (3 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (2 works) · Context (archaeology) (2 works)