Global–local tensions in contract farming of biofuel crops involving indigenous communities in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F., Sonnenfeld, David A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Energy crops; Energy crops industry; Indigenous peoples—Employment—Philippines; Agricultural and Resource Economics; Race and Ethnicity; Work, Economy and Organizations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8322
• Institution: De La Salle University

Farming of biofuel crops by local communities under contract with parastatal and private firms is being established in the Philippines and elsewhere. This study explores tensions in integrating indigenous peoples into the global biofuels network. Drawing from critical perspectives on contract farmin...