Nino, Helena Perez2018-10-152018-10-152016Niño, H.P. (2016). Class dynamics in contract farming: the case of tobacco production in Mozambique. Third World Quarterly, 37(10): 1787-1808.0143-6597http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1180956http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4121This paper examines the class relations emerging in a contract farming scheme in Mozambique. Debates in the literature about contract farming characterise this market arrangement as leading to farmers losing control over production at the hands of capital. By discussing both the drivers and impacts of changes in the division of property and labour, this paper reveals a complex class structure in which the pressure of merchant capital on farmers is internalized within households and transferred onto workers and sharecroppers. This challenges the pertinence of conventional policy that prescribes empowering contract farmers without considering their varied class positions and interests.enThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1180956Class analysisContract farmingPetty commodity productionMozambique agrarian changeGlobal commodity chainsArticle