Abstract
The article focuses on the study of the links that maintains the territorial expansion of the agribusiness productive model in South America with the continuities and discontinuities organized by the edges of the national territories. With this objective, it addresses the advance of the modern agrarian frontier in the Gran Chaco, focusing attention on the cross-border space that is organized around the international boundary between Argentina and Paraguay. The study area is defined by the province of Formosa (Argentina) and the departments of Boquerón and Presidente Hayes (Paraguay), which condense the majority portion of the meeting area between both states. In methodological terms, the proposal is based on the review of specialized literature, the systematization of statistical information and field surveys. The referenced cross-border space, after having constituted an axis of conflict between both countries, nowadays represents a resource that seeks to be capitalized by the agroindustrial corporations and governments. In this scenario, the advance of the modern agrarian frontier, although it is supported by regional and cross-border integration mechanisms, deepens its fragmentation through the structuring of a centrifugal network directed to the regional and port centers of Argentina and Paraguay.
Keywords:
Modern agrarian frontier; Gran Chaco; Edges; Borders
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