Moving towards the territorialization of local agri-food strategies in Latin America

Abstract

Acting against hunger is today an essentially ethical issue that involves all disciplines. Within this framework, the territorialization of changes and continuities of food markets in times of pandemic in Latin America and The Caribbean is a pending theme. Territorialization refers to the ability to generate knowledge, as well as to promote the concurrence of social transformation strategies, based on the recognition of the heterogeneity and interdependence of the dynamics of the territory, guiding them towards the generation of multidimensional well-being opportunities centered on people and the reduction of inequality gaps, particularly in the field of agri-food systems. Along this line, this text provides elements about the importance of territorializing our approaches regarding local agri-food strategies in the face of the crisis. To this end, (i) it proposes a reference framework that departs from the territorial approach, (ii) outlines an analysis model applying it to three local strategies on sustainable production, timely availability of food and resilient consumption in Cuba, Mexico and Peru, respectively, and (iii) outlines some clues and challenges for Rural Sociology.