Daniel M. Cáceres- PhD
- Senior Researcher CONICET at National University of Córdoba
Daniel M. Cáceres
- PhD
- Senior Researcher CONICET at National University of Córdoba
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I am a senior researcher at the National Research Council (CONICET). Also, I am a member of Núcleo DiverSus, an interdisciplinary research network on diversity and sustainability at the Latin American scale. My research has an interdisciplinary focus (interface between rural sociology, ecology, agronomy and politics). My current work is on socio-ecological conflicts, land-use change, agribusiness expansion and rural technology.
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Argentina is experiencing an expansion of soya and maize cultivation that is pushing the agricultural frontier over areas formerly occupied by native Chaco forest. Subsistance farmers use this dry forest to raise goats and cattle and to obtain a broad range of goods and services. Thus, two very different and non-compatible land uses are in dispute....
Framed by efficiency and productivity narratives, technological innovations are conceived as the inexorable pathway to agricultural development, obscuring the associated appropriation of ecological surpluses and depletion of natural resources. In the past two decades, increasing food, energy and animal feed global demands, have hasted capitalizatio...
Drawing upon a case study located in central Argentina, we analyse in what ways technology is contributing to the accumulation of capital in a context where prevailing strategies resting on farm‐scale extension are no longer effective. We identify two major technological phases that go along with changes in actors' strategies aiming at re‐establish...
El trabajo presenta una metodología de investigación interdisciplinaria, participativa y multiactoral que promueve la coproducción del conocimiento y discute su vínculo con el concepto de ‘cambio transformador’. Fue desarrollada a lo largo de casi dos décadas en territorios rurales de alta heterogeneidad socioeconómica y productiva (i.e., oeste de...
Drawing upon the concept of ‘accumulation by dispossession’, this paper analyses the expansion of agrarian capital in Argentina. A case study illustrates the social and environmental impacts of the expansion of agribusiness in central Argentina and the social struggle – both rural and urban – that has arisen to resist this process. Although governm...
In a recent speech to the UN General Assembly, Argentine President Javier Milei rejected the Pact for the Future and the 2030 Agenda, a comprehensive global framework for sustainable development encompassing ‘people, planet, and prosperity.’ This position undermines Argentina’s capacity to tackle urgent socio-environmental challenges like poverty,...
El artículo pone el foco en los conflictos socioambientales de carácter ecológico-distributivos vinculados a procesos neoextractivos en Argentina. Primero, analiza de qué modo estos conflictos pueden ser valorados desde el marco conceptual de las Contribuciones de la Naturaleza para la Gente. Luego formula algunas conceptualizaciones a partir de lo...
On the basis of knowledge and values from different social actors, we investigated what biophysical properties of the wood are linked to good-quality firewood in the semiarid Chaco forest of central-western Argentina. We applied social actor-tailored semi-structured interviews to incorporate the perspectives of: a) two kinds of local social actors...
Resumen El artículo propone (a) identificar, describir y analizar la heterogeneidad socioproductiva presente en el modelo agropecuario alternativo; y (b) identificar y discutir sus principales características, con énfasis en la producción agroecológica, en la Provincia de Córdoba (Argentina). Los resultados permiten describir las principales caract...
Este es un documento de difusión que busca compartir con investigadores, organizaciones, instituciones y decisores políticos, las preguntas de investigación coproducidas conjuntamente con actores sociales claves del Oeste de la Provincia de Córdoba (Argentina)
Resumen.
En el oeste de la provincia de Córdoba (Argentina) se observan profundos cambios socioproductivos como consecuencia de la expansión de la frontera agropecuaria. Usando una metodología multiactoral, participativa e interdisciplinaria, el artículo analiza a) cómo distintos tipos de productores agropecuarios perciben y valoran los ecosistema...
En el oeste de la provincia de Córdoba (Argentina) se observan profundos cambios socioproductivos como consecuencia de la expansión de la frontera agropecuaria. Usando una metodología multiactoral, participativa e interdisciplinaria, el artículo analiza a) cómo distintos tipos de productores agropecuarios perciben y valoran los ecosistemas y las Co...
El avance del modelo del agronegocio y el cambio en los patrones de
uso del suelo en el Norte de la provincia de Córdoba debilitaron las bases
sobre las que se asienta la reproducción social campesina. La actividad más
afectada es la capricultura que durante siglos estructuró el diseño de las explotaciones
campesinas y su principal estrategia produ...
El artículo analiza las condiciones de persistencia de unidades domésticas campesinas, ubicadas en el departamento Río Seco, en el norte de la provincia de Córdoba (Argentina). Se incluyen principalmente las estrategias de resistencia que comienzan a delinearse a comienzos del siglo XXI, cuando las condiciones de reproducción de los campesinos sufr...
Because different perceptions of wildlife are usually involved in decision making processes on the use of environmental commons and in human choices, assigning an importance value to wildlife can be a relevant issue to discuss. We propose to broaden the concept of cultural value (CV) considering the trade-offs between the positive and negative Natu...
Deforestation and degradation processes have made the Espinal one of Argentina’s most threatened forested ecoregions. In the central-north part of Entre Ríos Province, forest remnants are important for biodiversity and cattle ranching integrated into the forest. Therefore, the conservation and sustainable use of the Entre Ríos Espinal requires the...
La pandemia COVID-19 producida por el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (OMS,
2020) ha desencadenado una crisis global (Christopher et al., 2020) que trasciende
largamente la dimensión sanitaria y afecta a toda la humanidad. Es claro también
que no es una crisis aislada, sino que es parte de una catástrofe ambiental y civilizatoria
más profunda, más duradera...
Plural valuation is about eliciting the diverse values of nature articulated by different stakeholders in order to inform decision making and thus achieve more equitable and sustainable outcomes. We explore what approaches align with plural valuation on the ground, as well as how different social-ecological contexts play a role in translating plura...
Resumen En distintos ámbitos académicos, productivos y políticos, se afirma que el uso de cultivos transgénicos trae aparejado un menor uso de pesticidas. El trabajo analiza cómo ha variado el uso de agroquímicos en Argentina durante los últimos 25 años, en relación a los dos cul-tivos principales (soja y maíz). Se consideran tres momentos his-tóri...
El artículo analiza las condiciones de persistencia de campesinos resistentes al agronegocio en la provincia de Córdoba, comparando dos momentos históricos (2007 y 2015). Se consideró su acceso estratégico a recursos propios (capitales), las políticas públicas y los cambios en la dinámica del agronegocio en el territorio. La investigación incluyó l...
In a complex environmental, productive and socioeconomic scenario, on November 28th, 2007, the National Act N°26.331 of “Minimum Standards for the Environmental Protection of Native Forests” (known as the “Forest Law”) was sanctioned in Argentina with the purpose of protecting native forests at the national scale. In this article, we aim to critica...
En un complejo escenario ambiental, productivo y socioeconómico, el 28 de noviembre de 2007 fue
sancionada en Argentina la Ley Nacional Nº 26.331 de “Presupuestos Mínimos de Protección Ambiental de los
Bosques Nativos" (conocida como "Ley de bosques") con el propósito de proteger los bosques nativos a escala
nacional. En este artículo nos proponemo...
In the Chaco region, rural families carry out a series of subsistence activities and show a heavy reliance on the ecosystem services provided by native forests; hunting is a traditional practice and part of their economy. This work seeks to describe and analyze the inherent characteristics of hunting, the strategies implemented by hunters and how t...
In the Chaco region, rural families carry out a series of subsistence activities and show a heavy reliance on the ecosystem services provided by native forests; hunting is a traditional practice and part of their economy. This work seeks to describe and analyze the inherent characteristics of hunting, the strategies implemented by hunters and how t...
This article aims to contribute to the understanding of land-grabbing
processes. Drawing upon an analysis carried out in Northern Córdoba
(Argentina), it suggests that this phenomenon: (a) is not lineal, or uniform, nor
does it increase steadily over time; and (b) it is not limited to land
concentration, but integrates strategic resources (financia...
Land use changes in the South American Gran Chaco affect native fauna and the ecosystem services (ES) they provide. The consequences of defaunation and the empty forest syndrome have been identified in tropical and subtropical forests, including the Gran Chaco. Local knowledge regarding native species and the provision of ES can be integrated with...
Nature is perceived and valued in starkly different and often conflicting ways. This paper presents the rationale for the inclusive valuation of nature’s contributions to people (NCP) in decision making, as well as broad methodological steps for doing so. While developed within the context of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosy...
Drawing upon the four categories that regulate property, access and appropriation of economic goods (i.e., private, public, open access, and common), this paper aims to analyze how the approval of a law that fosters the conservation of native forests a) promotes the enclosure of common goods, and b) causes different impacts among social actors. By...
This article aims to contribute to the understanding of land-grabbing processes. Drawing upon an analysis carried out in Northern Córdoba (Argentina), it suggests that this phenomenon: (a) is not lineal, or uniform, nor does it increase steadily over time; and (b) it is not limited to land concentration, but integrates strategic resources (financia...
Why does co-produced, policy-relevant, adequately communicated science fail to influence policy implementation? Analysts of the science–policy interface often focus on the societal relevance of the research questions and on the strategies to convey findings to the political sphere. We argue that these conditions are necessary but not sufficient. We...
Excerpted from Annex II:
Stepwise approach to “assessing diverse conceptualizations of multiple values of nature and its benefits, including biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services”: a summary and directions to the guidance document (Preliminary Guide, Annex III). This summary provides an introduction to the guidance document and illustrate...
The paper analyzes the expansion of agricultural extractivism in Costa Rica and Argentina and its negative impacts on the natural capital and peasant communities. The methodology included interviews conducted in both countries, grey literature, press and bibliographic sources. It concludes that socio-environmental conflicts in both countries are ca...
The paper analyzes the expansion of agricultural extractivism in Costa Rica and Argentina and its negative impacts on the natural capital and peasant communities. The methodology included interviews conducted in both countries, grey literature, press and bibliographic sources. It concludes that socio-environmental conflicts in both countries are ca...
The paper analyses the main characteristics of the technological model fostered by agribusiness in Argentina, discusses its main problems, and highlights the need to analyze it within a broader economic and political context. This technology is described as a technological fix and three main attributes are presented: instantaneity, transitoriness,...
The paper analyses the main characteristics of the technological model fostered by agribusiness in Argentina, discusses its main problems and highlights the need to analyze it within a broader economic and political context. This technology is described as a technological fix and three main attributes are presented: instantaneity. transitoriness, a...
ABSTRACT. A vast literature is now available on ecosystem services (ES), their potential as a tool for analyzing intertwined processes of ecological and social change, and their monetary valuation. Much less is known about the social value of different ES for different social actors (SA), and their links with specific components of biodiversity. We...
ABSTRACT. A vast literature is now available on ecosystem services (ES), their potential as a tool for analyzing intertwined processes of ecological and social change, and their monetary valuation. Much less is known about the social value of different ES for different social actors (SA), and their links with specific components of biodiversity. We...
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Basado en un estudio de caso en Argentina central, esta investigación formula conceptualizaciones tendientes a comprender las estrategias de apropiación del agua rural; asimismo, analiza cómo las recientes transformaciones socioproductivas influyen en su apropiación y, finalmente, discute sus probables consecuencias sociales. Los resultados sugiere...
El problema de la persistencia campesina ha sido una temática clásica de los estudios rurales y ha sido abordada desde distintas ópticas y enfoques por diferentes autores y áreas de conocimiento. Esta problemática cobra relevancia en el mundo globalizado actual, en el que se observa una creciente expansión del modo de producción capitalista sobre l...
Drawing upon a case study in central Argentina, this paper: (a) makes conceptualizations in order to understand the strategies of appropriation of rural water, (b) discusses how recent socio-productive changes affect the water ownership, and (c) discusses the likely social consequences. The results suggest that the expansion of agrarian capitalism...
The objective of this dissemination booklet is to communicate, in a non-scientific language, the main findings of our research at Nucleo DiverSus. It aims to reach farmers, extension officers, policy makers and conservation organizations. The brochure shows how different stakeholders perceive, value and use ecosystem services and the ecosystem that...
The objective of this dissemination booklet is to cummunicate, in a non-scientific language, the main findings and some conclusions of our research. It is aimed at producers, technicians, public servants and settlers who were involved in our study. The brohure emphasizes how each one of these groups of stakeholders has its own perception, assessmen...
En 2011 la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas votó una resolución por la cual el año 2014 fue declarado Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar. En los países latinoamericanos, desde inicios de los 2000 ha venido instalándose tal noción, en ocasiones como sustitución de otras de uso habitual en la región, como campesino o pequeño producto...
Human wellbeing depends on nature, but in spite of much work by and since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, it is not clear whether existing frameworks adequately analyze this relationship given our increasing market based societies. We report on a reassessment of this situation, developed at the recent workshop “Quantification of Ecosystem Serv...
Using a political ecology framework, we analyze the environmental conflicts arising from the
discussion of a law aiming at protecting native forests in the Province of Cordoba, Argentina (Law
9814/2010). The main social actors involved in the discussion are characterized, as well as the
alliances and conflicts that emerged among them along the legi...
Over the past few years, the accelerated expansion of the agricultural frontier in Argentina has led to loss in forest cover in the Chaco ecoregion at an annual rate of 2.2%. Coupled with technological advancements and socioeconomic factors, this has resulted in a reduction of primary forest with isolated patches of natural and semi-natural habitat...
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The crucial role of biodiversity in the links between ecosystems and societies has been repeatedly highlighted both as source of wellbeing and as a target of human actions, but not all aspects of biodiversity are equally important to different ecosystem services. Similarly, different social actors have different perceptions of and access to ecosyst...
The crucial role of biodiversity in the links between ecosystems and societies has been repeatedly highlighted both as source of wellbeing and as a target of human actions, but not all aspects of biodiversity are equally important to different ecosystem services. Similarly, different social actors have different perceptions of and access to ecosyst...
In environmentally marginal areas of Argentina, is taking place a remarkable expansion of agrarian capitalism. The expansion of industrial agriculture is taking over areas formerly devoted to livestock and goat rearing. This process is particularly important in Northern and Western Córdoba, where peasant farming used to be widespread. Drawing upon...
Discussions linked to sustainability occupy almost all social spaces, yet there is not much research that makes the concept operative, and most discussions remain theoretical. Using a theoretical framework and a set of three ecological and three socioeconomic indicators, this work analyzes the sustainability of farms located in a natural reserve in...
Discussions linked to sustainability occupy almost all social spaces, yet there is not much research that makes the concept operative, and most discussions remain theoretical. Using a theoretical framework and a set of three ecological and three socioeconomic indicators, this work analyzes the sustainability of farms located in a natural reserve in...
RESUMEN Las discusiones vinculadas con la sostenibilidad ocupan casi todos los espacios sociales, pero no abundan las investigaciones que hagan operativo el concepto y la mayoría de las discusiones se mantiene en el campo teórico. Utilizando un marco conceptual y un conjunto de tres indicadores ecológicos y tres socioeconómicos, en este trabajo se...
que impactan negativamente al medio ambiente y a los seres humanos. Palabras clave: agricultura industrial, tecnologías modernas, campesinos, desarrollo rural.
Drawing upon a case study the paper analyses how resource-poor farmers observe some of the technologies related with industrial agriculture, and what kind of impact these technologies have on their current socio-productive reality. The research uses qualitative-research methods and focuses on the study of farmers who currently are (or have been) gr...
Currently, the debate on sustainability issues penneates almost every comer of the social field. However, researches aiming at making the concept more operational are not widespread, and most of the times their contributions stay within theoretical grounds. From a conceptual point of view, this paper discusses the convenience of appmaching the conc...
En la actualidad las discusiones vinculadas con la problemática de la sustentabilidad ocupan casi todos los espacios sociales. No obstante, no abundan las investigaciones que operativizan el concepto y en la mayoría de los casos los aportes se mantienen en el campo teórico. Desde el punto de vista conceptual este trabajo discute la conveniencia de...
Synergistic combinations of climatic and land use changes have the potential to produce the most dramatic impacts on land cover. Although this is widely accepted, empirical examples, particularly involving deforestation in Latin America, are still very few. The geographic extent and causes of deforestation in subtropical seasonally dry forests of t...
En la actualidad las discusiones vinculadas con la problemática de la sustentabilidad ocupan casi todos los espacios sociales. No obstante, no abundan las investigaciones que operativizan el concepto y en la mayoría de los casos los aportes se mantienen en el campo teórico. Desde el punto de vista conceptual este trabajo discute la conveniencia de...
Recibido: 2006-08-2 Aceptado: 2006-11-10 Cuadernos de Desarrollo Rural (57), 2006 -pp 59-100 Resumen Utilizando metodologías cualitativas, la presente investigación describe y analiza dos propues-tas de articulación entre técnicos y pequeños productores de la provincia de Misiones (Argentina). transferencista (top-down approach), y promueve un mode...
Generalmente se asume que los sistemas productivos manejados por campesinos contienen una alta agrobiodiversidad. No obstante, la alta heterogeneidad de sus explotaciones, y las vinculaciones existentes entre agrobiodiversidad, tecnología y estrategias de reproducción campesina ha sido poco analizada. Para explorar esta relación, se realizó una com...
Generalmente se asume que los sistemas productivos manejados por campesinos contienen una alta agrobiodiversidad. No obstante, la alta heterogeneidad de sus explotaciones, y las vinculaciones existentes entre agrobiodiversidad, tecnología y estrategias de reproducción campesina ha sido poco analizada. Para explorar esta relación, se realizó una com...
Cet article est dédié à l'examen de deux études qui versent sur des initiatives agroindustrielles proposées pour trouver une solution locale à la crise qui confronte la production chevrière en Argentine centrale. Il s'agit des projets suivants: 1) le " Projet du lait de chèvre développé pour La coopérative de producteurs chevrières de la Vallée de...
Enfocado como un estudio de caso, el artículo analiza dos iniciativas agroindustriales que se proponen brindar una solución «local» a la crisis que enfrenta la producción caprina en Argentina central: i) el «Proyecto de Leche Caprina» encabezado por la Cooperativa de Productores Capricultores del Valle de Punilla que planea desarrollar una cuenca l...
21 de agosto de 2005 Este documento integra los análisis de territorios rurales efectuados en el marco de la preparación de la Estrategia Nacional de Desarrollo Rural para la Argentina. Es parte del convenio entre la Secretaría de Agricultura Ganadería Pesca y Alimentación y el Programa Multidonante –establecido entre el Gobierno de Italia, el Fond...
Drawing upon a case study from Argentina, this paper focuses on social actors who cannot be formally included within the organic movement: non-certified organic farmers. Even when they grow, consume and sell organic products, they are unable to become certified organic farmers, mainly for economic reasons. This paper analyses the main features of t...
Conservation initiatives are failing to arrest the global loss of biodiversity. From our mechanistic studies of ecology and economics, we suggest that for grazing lands the root cause of this failure is a powerful economic deterrent to measures designed to protect diversity. We identify an exponential relationship between monetary returns and inten...
El trabajo analiza cómo se vinculan las agriculturas orgánica e industrial con la diversificación productiva y la seguridad alimentaria. A partir de un estudio de caso, se aborda el problema en relación a dos grupos de campesinos del NE de Argentina (uno de ellos vinculado con la producción orgánica de hortalizas y el otro con el cultivo de tabaco)...
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Sensu David Gurian-Sherman (2009). Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops. Cambridge, MA: Union of Concerned Scientists.
