Farming for Walmart
The politics of corporate control and responsibility in the global South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2157182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara D Elder, Sara Elder (0000-0001-8928-2419), Peter Dauvergne (0000-0003-2887-8168) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1029-1046 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066150.2015.1043275 |
| OpenAlex | W1962540033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 56 |
To analyse corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a business tool and as a way to promote food security in the global South, this article draws on 65 interviews with supply chain personnel and a 2013 survey of 250 smallholder farmers in Nicaragua. Contrary to private governance literature, Walmart's efforts to control supply chains in Nicaragua are not advancing rural sustainability; feelings of mistrust and unfairness persist among farmers, and many are returning to local markets to regain independence. This analysis extends our understanding of why CSR is failing to help agrarian societies and confirms CSR as principally a business strategy
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Business · Control (management · Corporate governance · Corporate social responsibility · Economic growth · Economics · Food security · Independence (probability theory · Management · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Supply chain · Sustainability · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Finance · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,9 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |