Local agri-food systems. Innovations and debates in latin america

Authors

  • Gerardo Torres Salcido Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2013v10n2p68

Abstract

This paper synthesizes a reflection about the challenges related to the planning of local development strategies and specifically to the spatial distribution of economic activities exploring the implications of this argument for the study of local agri-food systems. Moreover, the author evaluates the Latin-American contribution to foster the SIAL approach, from an ethical point of view that focuses the humanist conception of food security in relation to the asymmetries of the globalization process.

 

 

Author Biography

Gerardo Torres Salcido, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Doctor en Sociologia de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. Pesquisador del Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades (CEIICH) y Coordinación de Humanidades en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.

Published

2013-12-09

Issue

Section

Dossiê: Desenvolvimento territorial, sistemas agroalimentares localizados e ecologia