Reverse leasing and power dynamics among blue agave farmers in western Mexico |
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| Authors: | Sarah Bowen Peter R W Gerritsen |
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| Institution: | (1) Departments of Rural Sociology and Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA;(2) Manantlán Institute for Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation, South Coast University Centre, University of Guadalajara, Autlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | We examine changing production relations in the Mexican tequila industry to explore the ways in which large industrial firms
are using “reverse leasing arrangements,” a form of contract farming, to extend their control over small agave farmers. Under
these arrangements, smallholders rent their parcels to contracting companies who bring in capital, machinery, labor, and other
agricultural inputs. Smallholders do not have access to their land, nor do they make any of the management decisions. We analyze
the factors that have led some producers to participate in reverse leasing arrangements, while allowing other producers to
continue farming independently. In addition, we look at the ways in which farmers are responding to these new production relations
and constraints and the strategies that they are using to regain control over the production process.
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| Keywords: | Small farms Reverse leasing Contract farming Tequila Blue agave Mexico Latin America |
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