As cinco faces do agronegócio: mudanças climáticas e territórios indígenas

Resumen

With global pressures on socioenvironmental problems in agricultural commodity chains in Brazil, there is a greater stimulus for differentiation among agribusiness actors operating in the country. Through a gradient, this article analyzes five strands of socio-environmental positions of these actors. By associating each strand with a specific actor, the research also examines the extent to which the positions are translated into effective political actions. The empirical material comes from corporate documents, long-term participant observation in political fora and interviews with leaders of business associations. The results demonstrate the widening of programmatic divergences among those actors, but also evidence considerable contradictions in this process.