La soberanía alimentaria en el ecuador: una mirada crítica desde la biopolítica

Abstract

This work will expound the exercise of biopolitics within the legal framework of the Ecuadorian state, understood as a technology of power that is centered on life. Biopolitics is understood according to the foucaultian conception as a form of power that complements the much older, sovereign negative power of the state (privative of life) in a positive way (fostering life), and which transcends man’s individuality and sites itself within his multiplicity.

Biopolitics, in the present study, is understood in the context of food sovereignty, which is considered as a means by which the Ecuadorian state attempts to control the lives of the population, as well as effecting a series of modifications to their existence. Thus, the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador (updated to 2015) will be the starting point which will allow us to evidence critically the biopolitical proceedings undertaken by the Ecuadorian state. Moreover, the following laws: Ley orgánica del régimen de soberanía alimentaria, así como la Ley orgánica de recursos hídricos, usos y aprovechamiento del agua, Ley orgánica de tierras rurales y territorios ancestrales y la Ley orgánica de agrobiodiversidad, semillas y fomento de la agricultura sustentable, will allow us to clarify the biopolitical framework present in food sovereignty.