Agroecología y Decrecimiento. Una alternativa sostenible a la configuración del actual sistema agroalimentario español.

Abstract

The way in that the endosomatic metabolism is satisfied doesn't appear among the high-priority measures in the degrowth programs. It’s due to the identification that is made among food and agriculture, that has a reduced impact in the total consumption of energy. However food process is one of the main unsustainabilility sources in Spain. On the other hand, Agroecology has been developed on the base of local experiences and rarely has developed actions and experiences to a more added scale. Therefore the degrowth has not still incorporated to the agroecological proposals for a sustainable food systems. In this paper we show that Agroecology is an indispensable instrument to make possible the sustainable degrowth of the food system. We also show that the sustainable degrowth should be the high-priority objective of any agroecological strategy. To demostrate it we will carry out an approach to the metabolism of the Spanish food system and their energy cost. The results indicate clearly where this metabolism should degrow. Finally we discuse the different measures base on organic agriculture that it is posssible to implement by policymakers and social movements.