In this work, we propose the heuristic and explicative possibilities of agrifood fields analysis (AFFA) for the historical study of capitalism in agriculture and food. This approach considers the agroclimatic conditions of the territories and the sociocultural plurality of the actors who inhabit them. This phenomenological and eco-territorial approach allows to study, on many scales, the networks of social relations in which actors take part who are competing for the benefits that are created by human labor applied to producing certain foods and making them accessible to consumers. To show the value of the AFFA, we present a historical study of the agrifood field that was developed from the production of fresh fruits and vegetables in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas and several regions of Mexico for the market in the United States and Canada. The concept of sociocultural brokerage allowed us to take into account the social and cultural plurality in the AFFA and the role played by the creativity and skills of the actors in managing the resources of knowledge, society, technology, and capital at their disposal. This way we were able to explain the dynamics of power and the changes in agrifood governance in the field.

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农业食品领域分析和社会文化经纪。墨西哥和美国：1950-2016

在这项工作中，我们提出了农业食品领域分析 (AFFA) 的启发式和解释性可能性，用于农业和食品资本主义的历史研究。这种方法考虑了领土的农业气候条件和居住者的社会文化多元化。这种现象学和生态领土方法允许在许多尺度上研究社会关系网络，参与者参与其中，他们正在竞争用于生产某些食品并使消费者可以获取的人类劳动所创造的利益。为了展示 AFFA 的价值，我们对农业食品领域进行了历史研究，该领域是在德克萨斯州南部的里奥格兰德河谷和墨西哥的几个地区为美国和加拿大市场生产新鲜水果和蔬菜而发展起来的. 社会文化经纪的概念使我们能够考虑到 AFFA 中社会和文化的多元化，以及参与者在管理知识、社会、技术和资本资源方面发挥的创造力和技能所发挥的作用。通过这种方式，我们能够解释该领域的权力动态和农业食品治理的变化。