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This paper analyzes the women's narratives about working in soup kitchens during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the city of Córdoba (Argentina), in 2020/2021. This research derives from a large study, which has a mixed methodological approach. The quantitative phase (n: 680 households) reveals asymmetric effects: the socio-segregated sectors had a higher risk of job loss or lower income than the rest of the population (63% vs 42.4%). The qualitative phase (n:10) shows that the food demand increased exponentially. The central contribution of the research is to show that -in a pandemic situation and against the advertising discourse- the possibility of accessing and using social networks was not only unequally according to social class, but that women from subaltern social classes dispute in action with the dominant ideological constructions about this notion of equality associated with technological mediatisation. In addition, some redefinitions of domestic space/time and collective tasks are observed during the period of confinement, given the increasing demands and obstacles, as well as the impact on the caring bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article tries to explain why agricultural cooperatives and other forms of collective organization do not achieve greater weight in some traditional agri-food systems. For the authors, the key factor is the importance of a "speculative convention" which shapes the relationships between the members of such systems. This analysis is based on an institutionalist conceptual framework and is illustrated by two case studies: citrus fruit production in the Valencia region of Spain and fruit and vegetable production in the south-east of France (Provence). Although the two systems have followed different paths in recent years, due to their institutional context, in both cases the inertia of the speculative convention limits and distorts the development of collective forms. Nevertheless, it also stimulates institutional creation (diversity of actors and marketing mechanisms, etc.) through interactions between the speculative and cooperative conventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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From pre-Colombian times until mid twentieth century, the Suarez river valley in Colombia was an important cotton production area characterized by its mountainside farming of crops such as sugar cane and other subsistence products. Such farming paralleled an important home-made textile production that had its downfall due to the competition from the English textile industry. A wealthy farm owner tried to update the state of the art of local textile industry in his lands, but he was unable to transform the agricultural aspect of the activity. The article describes farming techniques, competition from another regional enterprise for limited primary material, trading problems, difficulties emerging from a deficient transportation network, and the lack of capacity for this mountainside cotton to meet the needs of regional factories and to compete with the mechanical production of the flat lands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]