Seminar: "Surplus appropriation in agri-food value chains" by Meghna Goyal
Detalles del evento
- Inicio: 15 diciembre 2026 15:00
The REAL-Postgrowth project (Post-growth – REAL – A Post-Growth Deal) is excited to announce the online seminar "Surplus appropriation in agri-food value chains: A case study of the farm share in the potato chips value chain" with Meghna Goyal.
Title: "Surplus appropriation in agri-food value chains: A case study of the farm share in the potato chips value chain"
Speaker: Meghna Goyal, PhD candidate at ICTA-UAB
- Date: Tuesday, December 15th, 2026
- Time: 15.00-16.00
- Venue: Sala Montseny (Z/022 & Z7023) ICTA-UAB & Online https://zoom.us/j/94300176845?pwd=BQco2pUfnER0WhoeXoA0ym1YubyEKe.1
In this talk, Meghna Goyal will examine the extent of distributional inequality in global agricultural value chains with a case study of potato production for fries in the Indian Himalayas. High inequality is on account of extraordinary surplus extraction from the agricultural sector. She will also discuss some mechanisms of surplus extraction and the institutional set-up that enables and designs them. This research also gives insight about how developing economies win the international price competition in agricultural bulk commodities.
Meghna Goyal is a PhD candidate at ICTA-UAB. She researches unequal exchange and distributional implications of global value chains and the global food system.