Planification against Extractivism: Towards a Democratic Agroecological Planification against Agrarian Capitalism in A Estrada (Galicia, Spain)

Authors

• Jacobo Rivas Sanmartín, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de CompostelaFollow
• Rubén Camilo Lois González, Universidad of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de CompostelaFollow
• Paula Noya Vázquez, Universidad of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de CompostelaFollow

ORCID

Jacobo Rivas Sanmartín: Jacobo Rivas Sanmartín (0009-0000-0502-3066) - My ORCID

Rubén Camilo Lois González: Rubén Camilo Lois González (0000-0003-4717-1061) - ORCID

Paula Noya Vázquez: Paula Noya Vázquez (0009-0006-4314-847X) - ORCID

Keywords

Capitalist agriculture/Financialization/Capitalocene/State selectivity/Environmental state

Document Type

Essay

Abstract

This article analyses the expansion of vineyards in the parish of San Xiao de Vea, in the municipality of A Estrada (Galicia, Spain), as a concrete manifestation of extractive agrarian restructuring under contemporary capitalism. Drawing on land-use data, socio-metabolic indicators, and qualitative testimonies, it shows how financialization, speculative land practices, and state selectivity reorganize rural space, degrade mixed farming systems, and intensify contradictions between capital accumulation and the ecological and social conditions of reproduction. The article argues that existing green planning frameworks, shaped by market logics and technocratic indicators, are structurally incapable of confronting these dynamics. As an alternative, it develops a democratic agroecological planning approach based on the Viable System Model (VSM), proposing a framework grounded in deliberation and commons-based valuation to reorient rural territories beyond extractive development pathways.

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Recommended Citation

Sanmartín, Jacobo Rivas; Lois González, Rubén Camilo; and Vázquez, Paula Noya (2026) "Planification against Extractivism: Towards a Democratic Agroecological Planification against Agrarian Capitalism in A Estrada (Galicia, Spain)," Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis: Vol. 4: Iss. 5, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2765-8414.1166
Available at: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/emancipations/vol4/iss5/6