Andrea P. Sosa Varrotti is an Argentine food sociologist specialising in political ecology and economic sociology with an emphasis on Latin American studies, concerned about the future of food systems and gender equality in transitions to sustainability.
Since 2008, she has obtained numerous scholarships, grants and awards to study and conduct research in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Mexico, Paraguay, and Uruguay. She is currently part of the Journal of Peasant Studies Book editorial team. Also, she does consulting for ministries, international organisations and universities in Argentina and abroad and is an experienced French translator.
She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters in four languages, as well as a book on: globalisation, financialisation, network production, land grabbing, agribusiness, corporate practices, hegemony, fair trade, social movements, food sovereignty, food systems transitions, social economy, agroecology, and social research methods.
Since 2009, she has taught the three ‘Research Methods in Social Sciences’ courses of the Sociology Major at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and has participated as a visiting professor in other graduate and undergraduate courses in Brazil, Canada, Argentina and Uruguay.
She has a PhD in Rural Studies (University of Toulouse II – Jean Jaurès, France), a PhD in Social Sciences (University of Buenos Aires, UBA, Argentina), and a degree in Sociology (UBA).
Most recent articles: Thirty years of sowing hope to globalise the struggle: Women and youth of La Via Campesina in the construction of food sovereignty – a conversation, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2023. Transforming critical agrarian studies: Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2023, co-authored with CASAS members. Land grabbing and agribusiness in Argentina: five critical dimensions for the analysis of corporate strategies and its impacts over unequal actors, Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, 2023, co-authors: Ramírez, D., and Serpe, P. Hegemonía para (des)armar. Territorios y subjetividades en las redes del agronegocio, Revista Espacio Abierto, 2022; co-authors: Liaudat, D, and Córdoba, M. S. The role of custom farming in agribusiness expansion in Argentina, Journal of Peasant Studies, 2021. Network companies, land grabbing, and financialization in South America, Globalizations, 2021; co-author: Gras, C. Temporalidades del acaparamiento de tierras: agronegocios y acumulación antes, durante y después del boom de commodities, Revista Estudios Rurales, 2021; co-author: Zorzoli, F. Estrategias de legitimación de la producción flexible en el agro. Un análisis de las prácticas discursivas de las empresas en red en Argentina, Revista Mundo Agrario, 2019. Las megaempresas del agronegocio: un estudio del modelo productivo a partir de las prácticas empresariales, Revista Estudios Socioterritoriales, 2019. Acaparadores ‘financieros’ y ‘productivos’ en América Latina. Trayectorias, lógicas empresariales y vínculos, 2019.
Agribusiness and financialization of agriculture
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Carol Hernández
Carol Hernandez holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Portland State University, U.S., and is a professor/researcher at the University Program of Bioethics, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her areas of interest focus on agriculture and climate change, seed sovereignty, and indigenous social movements.