Agroecology in the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires: origins, evolution and present tendencies

Abstract

In face of the advances of the agroindustrial model and its impacts, agroecology arises and expands
internationally. In urban countries like Argentina emerges the importance of researching
agroecology in cities and metropolitan regions. To this effect, the objective of this work was to
study the development of agroecology in the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires (RMBA).
The research was based on secondary information, participant observations and 25 in-depths
interviews. As a result a periodization was made about the evolution of agroecology in the
RMBA from 1983 to the present day, defining four periods. Some hypotheses were also formulated
about the influence of the historical context, the transformations in the map of actors
and in the struggles and issues, related to the influence of different social movements. Finally
the study reflects about the influence of agroecology in the region and its future perspectives.