Several monocultures in the Global South, such as sugar and coffee, were first planted in the 1800s following European colonization. These plantations used slave labor, setting a precedent for agriculture being a field dominated by foreign entities in the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean. This social framework has shaped the oppression of Black people and smaller-scale farmers in the face of present-day land acquisition for monocultural use.
Several monocultures in the Global South such as sugar and coffee were first planted in the 1800s following European colonization These plantations used slave labor setting a precedent for agriculture being a field dominated by foreign entities in the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean This social framework has shaped the oppression of Black people and smaller-scale farmers in the face of present-day land acquisition for monocultural use