Home-grown food and the benefits of sharing
The "intergenerational pact" in postsocialist Moldova
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2285746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simone Pira (0000-0003-0334-6800, Social, Economic & Geographical Sciences Group The James Hutton Institute Aberdeen UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 460-484 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Agrarian Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-0358 • E-ISSN: 1471-0366 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/joac.12351 |
| OpenAlex | W2994976855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 35 |
The policy literature on postsocialist Europe tends to frame smallholders' practices of food self-provisioning and sharing as driven by necessity and proposes land consolidation to increase productivity and efficiency. However, these practices generate nonfinancial benefits, which need to be accounted for. In this paper, I test the socio-economic relevance of these practices in the Republic of Moldova, the country with the highest density of farming households in Europe and whose government has embraced the rural modernization agenda to integrate into the EU economic space. I carry out quantitative estimates using the household budget survey and complement the results with qualitative insights from an original smallholder survey. I find that food self-provisioning and sharing are positively related to subjective well-being and that there is an "intergenerational pact," with home-grown food flowing from late-adulthood smallholders to urban-based young families and the vulnerable elderly. A counterfactual analysis shows that poverty and inequality would be higher in the absence of donated food, especially in urban areas. The preservation of smallholder farming through widespread access to land could thus help fight poverty and provide social benefits vis-à-vis land consolidation
Agriculture · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Food security · Geography · Leasehold estate · Modernization theory · Political science · Poverty · Provisioning · Standard of living · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Rural development and sustainability · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |