Feminist agroecology: analyzing power relationships in food systems

Agroecology needs to increasingly integrate feminist contributions to understand and transform power relations in food systems. This study is based on the participation in and analysis of meetings led by women from different territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, in 2018 in Chiapas (Mexico), in which they addressed problems and alternatives related to food and agriculture. Our analysis identifies the matrix of oppressions: heteropatriarchy, capitalism and colonialism, to understand the power relations in the current corporate industrial food system. We sustain that it is necessary to continue exploring practical alternatives to transcend inequalities and allow the territorial expansion of agroecology with socio-environmental justice.

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This study is based on meetings led by women from different territories in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, which addressed problems and alternatives related to food and agriculture. The analysis identifies the matrix of oppressions to understand the power relations in the current corporate industrial food system, emphasizing the need to explore practical alternatives to transcend inequalities and expand agroecology with socio-environmental justice.