Un mar de soja: la nueva agricultura en Argentina y sus consecuencias

Abstract

Between 1980 and 2005 soybean production in Argentina grew over 15 million hectares, turning soybean and its derivatives into the principal exportation good of the country. The growth in production was the result of a complex combination between pampa's nature potential and the possibility of territorial expansion of a new crop with changes in the global food market, new agricultural technologies, and the role played by the so called "new agricultures" in underdeveloped countries. This expansion had many environmental, economical and social impacts that gave rise to a heated dispute, which in turn, has become even more complex after the inclusion of the political factor