Soil pressures: an economic and ecological overview of the agricultural sector in Peru (2000-2015)

Minaya Flórez G.A. · Revista Kawsaypacha: Sociedad y Medio Ambiente (2022) · DOI: 10.18800/kawsaypacha.202202.006

Resumen

Given the development of the different streams of innovation in the agricultural sector worldwide, it is relevant to contrast the progressive vision of economic growth and increase in agricultural productivity with other holistic visions. These integral visions propose increasingly better tools to emphasize human relationships with nature, while measuring their socio-environmental effects and put forward new forms of interaction. The following study presents innovation perspectives for the Peruvian agricultural sector and applies the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM), which results show its sustainability, particularly an overview of soil degradation. This tool will provide a quantitative description of pesticide and insecticide flows generated by agriculture in Peru and propose an explanation of their effects on the environment.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú