When modernity is not enough: Towards the construction of a glocal model of agri-food production

Abstract

Based on a review and a reflection upon development policies and programs for the production of food in Mexico, this chapter proposes a model that identifies the problematic dichotomies created by modernity between the local and the global, and the traditional and the modern; the unification of which, for rural change, is presented as a possible utopia capable of combining local practices and knowledge with innovations from other traditions of thought such as the scientific tradition. To this end, we propose that the resolution of the issue begin with a "dialog of knowledges" that would allow for integration and synergy, and also work as a strategy for the construction of alternative development scenarios. We call this model the Via UAQ.