"Biofuels": mercantilization and agrarian extractivism in Argentina (2006-2021)
In recent times, Argentine rural areas suffered transformations as a result of the industrial agriculture processes of consolidation and the advancement of the agribusiness model. Recently, the bioeconomy discourse dynamism in public policies has given a new impetus to the agrofuels sector, in the c...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Repositorio: | Revista EUTOPIA |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/5161 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/eutopia/article/view/5161 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | agrocombustibles acaparamiento verde bioeconomía green grabbing agrofuels bioeconomy |
| Sumario: | In recent times, Argentine rural areas suffered transformations as a result of the industrial agriculture processes of consolidation and the advancement of the agribusiness model. Recently, the bioeconomy discourse dynamism in public policies has given a new impetus to the agrofuels sector, in the context of new strategies by green capitalism. This article analyzes from a Political Ecology perspective, the production of soybean agrodiesel in the province of Santiago del Estero and the corn-based agroethanol production in Córdoba province, as cases of recent agribusiness expansion. Based on the consideration of territory in its multi-scalarity, thought the case studies it investigates the domination mechanisms and the devices that contribute to legitimize extractivist, dispossession and accumulation practices, associated with green grabbing, and also the emergency of resistances and territorial disputes. Finally, it reflects on extractivism in the agriculture, the capitalist (re)territorialization and the role of the State in this process. |
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