Farmers from a Place of Sheer Hardship

Moroccan Rural Workers, a New Group of Producers in the Provençal Huerta

Bibliographic Data

ID2994853
AuthorsAnne-Adelaïde Lascaux (Université de Poitiers, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume38
Issue3-4
Publication date2022-12-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevue européenne des migrations internationales (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0765-0752 • E-ISSN: 1777-5418
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/remi.22686
OpenAlexW4383271075
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited37

The conjunction of a restrictive migratory regime which applies to seasonal Moroccan agricultural workers in France, and the abandonment of French farming areas, is behind the phenomenon of these workers setting up as farmers. By establishing their own businesses, these migrant workers and their children revive the agricultural vocation of the Mediterranean huerta. However, they renew this system of cultivation using strategies that are specific to this new group of Provençal producers of migrant origin. The farming business is seen by them as a means for enrichment through informal practices

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Archaeology · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Farm workers · Geography · Migrant workers · Phenomenon · Political science · Rural area · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Identity, and Health

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