The long reach of commodity frontiers: social reproduction and food procurement strategies among migrant workers in Kenya’s flower farms

The long reach of commodity frontiers: social reproduction and food procurement strategies among migrant workers in Kenya’s flower farms. Volpato, G., Benegiamo, M., & Ellena, R. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 0(0):1–23, Routledge, April, 2022. _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492

Paper doi abstract bibtex

Conceptualizing global floriculture as a commodity frontier, this article explores rural-urban transfers and in loco production and exchange of food by migrant workers at Naivasha flower farms in Kenya. It highlights how food procurement strategies are central to the reproduction of a cheap labour force and are supported by multi-local family networks. Distant livelihoods and rural ecologies are thus tied to the frontier's interests and are embedded into global chains of cut flowers. We argue that considering reproductive labour strategies is critical to understand the functioning and expansion of commodity frontiers and their impact on peasant families and food circulation.

@article{volpatoLongReachCommodity2022,
	title = {The long reach of commodity frontiers: social reproduction and food procurement strategies among migrant workers in {Kenya}’s flower farms},
	volume = {0},
	issn = {0306-6150},
	shorttitle = {The long reach of commodity frontiers},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492},
	doi = {10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492},
	abstract = {Conceptualizing global floriculture as a commodity frontier, this article explores rural-urban transfers and in loco production and exchange of food by migrant workers at Naivasha flower farms in Kenya. It highlights how food procurement strategies are central to the reproduction of a cheap labour force and are supported by multi-local family networks. Distant livelihoods and rural ecologies are thus tied to the frontier's interests and are embedded into global chains of cut flowers. We argue that considering reproductive labour strategies is critical to understand the functioning and expansion of commodity frontiers and their impact on peasant families and food circulation.},
	language = {en},
	number = {0},
	urldate = {2022-11-23},
	journal = {The Journal of Peasant Studies},
	publisher = {Routledge},
	author = {Volpato, Gabriele and Benegiamo, Maura and Ellena, Rachele},
	month = apr,
	year = {2022},
	note = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492},
	keywords = {Global commodities, Naivasha, floriculture industry, food exchange, reciprocity, reproductive labour, rural-urban food transfers},
	pages = {1--23},
}

Downloads: 0

{"_id":"KiMHborx6wNHvoMxY","bibbaseid":"volpato-benegiamo-ellena-thelongreachofcommodityfrontierssocialreproductionandfoodprocurementstrategiesamongmigrantworkersinkenyasflowerfarms-2022","author_short":["Volpato, G.","Benegiamo, M.","Ellena, R."],"bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","title":"The long reach of commodity frontiers: social reproduction and food procurement strategies among migrant workers in Kenya’s flower farms","volume":"0","issn":"0306-6150","shorttitle":"The long reach of commodity frontiers","url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492","doi":"10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492","abstract":"Conceptualizing global floriculture as a commodity frontier, this article explores rural-urban transfers and in loco production and exchange of food by migrant workers at Naivasha flower farms in Kenya. It highlights how food procurement strategies are central to the reproduction of a cheap labour force and are supported by multi-local family networks. Distant livelihoods and rural ecologies are thus tied to the frontier's interests and are embedded into global chains of cut flowers. We argue that considering reproductive labour strategies is critical to understand the functioning and expansion of commodity frontiers and their impact on peasant families and food circulation.","language":"en","number":"0","urldate":"2022-11-23","journal":"The Journal of Peasant Studies","publisher":"Routledge","author":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Volpato"],"firstnames":["Gabriele"],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Benegiamo"],"firstnames":["Maura"],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Ellena"],"firstnames":["Rachele"],"suffixes":[]}],"month":"April","year":"2022","note":"_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492","keywords":"Global commodities, Naivasha, floriculture industry, food exchange, reciprocity, reproductive labour, rural-urban food transfers","pages":"1–23","bibtex":"@article{volpatoLongReachCommodity2022,\n\ttitle = {The long reach of commodity frontiers: social reproduction and food procurement strategies among migrant workers in {Kenya}’s flower farms},\n\tvolume = {0},\n\tissn = {0306-6150},\n\tshorttitle = {The long reach of commodity frontiers},\n\turl = {https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492},\n\tdoi = {10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492},\n\tabstract = {Conceptualizing global floriculture as a commodity frontier, this article explores rural-urban transfers and in loco production and exchange of food by migrant workers at Naivasha flower farms in Kenya. It highlights how food procurement strategies are central to the reproduction of a cheap labour force and are supported by multi-local family networks. Distant livelihoods and rural ecologies are thus tied to the frontier's interests and are embedded into global chains of cut flowers. We argue that considering reproductive labour strategies is critical to understand the functioning and expansion of commodity frontiers and their impact on peasant families and food circulation.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {0},\n\turldate = {2022-11-23},\n\tjournal = {The Journal of Peasant Studies},\n\tpublisher = {Routledge},\n\tauthor = {Volpato, Gabriele and Benegiamo, Maura and Ellena, Rachele},\n\tmonth = apr,\n\tyear = {2022},\n\tnote = {\\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492},\n\tkeywords = {Global commodities, Naivasha, floriculture industry, food exchange, reciprocity, reproductive labour, rural-urban food transfers},\n\tpages = {1--23},\n}\n\n\n\n","author_short":["Volpato, G.","Benegiamo, M.","Ellena, R."],"key":"volpatoLongReachCommodity2022","id":"volpatoLongReachCommodity2022","bibbaseid":"volpato-benegiamo-ellena-thelongreachofcommodityfrontierssocialreproductionandfoodprocurementstrategiesamongmigrantworkersinkenyasflowerfarms-2022","role":"author","urls":{"Paper":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492"},"keyword":["Global commodities","Naivasha","floriculture industry","food exchange","reciprocity","reproductive labour","rural-urban food transfers"],"metadata":{"authorlinks":{}}},"bibtype":"article","biburl":"https://bibbase.org/zotero-group/lisageorge/5712602","dataSources":["wyomW5pZBH3FGfJW9"],"keywords":["global commodities","naivasha","floriculture industry","food exchange","reciprocity","reproductive labour","rural-urban food transfers"],"search_terms":["long","reach","commodity","frontiers","social","reproduction","food","procurement","strategies","migrant","workers","kenya","flower","farms","volpato","benegiamo","ellena"],"title":"The long reach of commodity frontiers: social reproduction and food procurement strategies among migrant workers in Kenya’s flower farms","year":2022}