‘Adversely incorporated yet moving up the social ladder?’: Labour migrants shifting the gaze from agricultural investment chains to ‘care chains’ in capitalist social reproduction in Senegal

In Senegal, the growth of horticulture has been particularly rapid in the last decade or so, partly coinciding with the 2007–2008 ‘land rush’ and a boom in agricultural investment. This article analyses the implications of the rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the horticultural sector in northern Senegal. Specifically, it examines FDI’s effects on labour migration and the social reproduction of rural classes of labour through an intersectional feminist and gendered lens.

 

https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/315971317/DiengR2022ADRRIJAdverselyIncorporatedYetMovingUp.pdf

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