Hacia un modelo europeo de extensión rural agroecológicapraxis participativas para la transición agroecológica. Un estudio de caso en Morata de Tajuña, Madrid

  1. López García, Daniel
Dirixida por:
  1. Gloria Isabel Guzmán Casado Director
  2. Tomás Rodríguez-Villasante Prieto Director

Universidade de defensa: Universidad Internacional de Andalucía

Fecha de defensa: 15 de marzo de 2012

Tribunal:
  1. Eduardo Sevilla Guzmán Presidente/a
  2. Luis Camarero Secretario/a
  3. Manuel González de Molina Vogal
  4. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg Vogal
  5. José María Egea Fernández Vogal

Tipo: Tese

Resumo

The Rural Development dimension for Agroecological Research focuses on generating local society scale­sustainability processes, based on agrarian activity, through an integral and holistic approach. We call these processes: Agroecological Transition. This has been developed in the Latin American context, both theoretically and empirically. In post­industrial societies, such as the European ones, empirical aspects have been developed only in situations of advanced stages of the Agroecological Transition, and there is a lack of empirical research in less advanced situations, which represents the majority in European countryside. To fill the empirical development gap in agroecological research, a Spanish municipality, Morata de Tajuña, launched a three­year field work case study. Morata de Tajuña is 35 km away from Madrid and has a population of 6.700 people. The town is very affected by the socio­economic processes related to this metropolitan area, and farming activity has a very low importance on the local economy and society. The main crops are olive trees, garlic and fresh vegetables, and Agroecology has a very small development on the municipality. Morata de Tajuña´s agricultural features are significant both as a European periurban town and as a rural area in which agrarian activity has lost influence within the local society, which is, in fact, the most common situation in the EU­15 countryside