Feminist agroecology: analyzing power relationships in food systems. Issue 7 (9th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Trevilla Espinal, Diana Lilia; Soto Pinto, María Lorena; Morales, Helda; Estrada-Lugo, Erin Ingrid Jane
• Is Part Of: Agroecology and sustainable food systems. Volume 45:Issue 7(2021)
• Page Start: 1029
• Page End: 1049
• Publication Date: 2021-08-09
• Subjects: Feminism -- agri-food system transformation -- matrix of oppressions -- women struggles -- intersectionality; Sustainable agriculture -- Periodicals; Agricultural ecology -- Periodicals; 577.55
• DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2021.1888842
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2168-3565

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.