Cooperazione agricola Cina-Tanzania: innovazione o dipendenza?

Titolo Rivista RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
Autori/Curatori Mariasole Pepa
Anno di pubblicazione 2021 Fascicolo 2021/3 Lingua Italiano
Numero pagine 33 P. 105-137 Dimensione file 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rgioa3-2021oa12537
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Negli ultimi decenni i maggiori cambiamenti nella geografia dello sviluppo sono relativi all’ascesa dei paesi BRICS e in particolare alla Cina in Africa. L’articolo – servendosi dell’esempio fornito, attraverso una ricerca sul campo, dal Centro di dimostrazione tecnologica dell’agricoltura in Tanzania – si propone di esaminare l’evoluzione della cooperazione agricola Cina-Africa come rappresentativa di pratiche e modalità della cooperazione Sud-Sud. Il contributo interroga la presenza cinese in Africa come generatrice di relazioni di dipendenza e, allo stesso tempo, riflette sul ruolo della Cina come elemento di diversificazione della dipendenza africana. La ricerca condotta intende stimolare una riflessione critica sulla cooperazione agricola sino-africana, contribuendo al dibattito geografico circa lo sviluppo delle relazioni BRICS-Sud.;

Keywords:cooperazione Sud-Sud, geografia dello sviluppo, Cina-Africa, cooperazione agricola.

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Mariasole Pepa, Cooperazione agricola Cina-Tanzania: innovazione o dipendenza? in "RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA" 3/2021, pp 105-137, DOI: 10.3280/rgioa3-2021oa12537