A GEOGRAFIA DAS REDES AGROALIMENTARES AGROECOLÓGICAS NOS VÍNCULOS ENTRE OS ESPAÇOS URBANO-METROPOLITANOS E RURAIS

Abstract

In the context of the crisis of the corporate agri-food system, it is necessary to understand the potential of agro-ecological movements. In order to map, identify and analyse processes and mechanisms associated with the notions of food sovereignty and environmental justice in agroecological food networks that unite urban-metropolitan and rural spaces, historical and contemporary contextualisation, questionnaires, fieldwork and interviews were used as data sources. The technique of tracing processes and mechanisms was used to identify and analyse the absence or presence of accesses that facilitate food sovereignty and environmental justice. It strengthens the links between the countryside and the city in order to create collective solutions to the problems arising from the destruction of public policies on access to resources, markets and food. In the collective processes of organising to remedy the lack of access and the state's commitment to sovereignty, the potential of networks to promote territorial cohesion with food sovereignty and environmental justice is evident.