Recursos naturais e produ o de commodities: geoeconomia e políticas regionais de coopera o em seguran a alimentar na América do Sul

The main objective of this study is to contribute to debates on trans-scale approaches, understood as an interpretative instrument of processes of capitalism development in their territorial dimension, considering the scale of transnational and supranational regionalism, from the geopolitics and geo-economics of natural resources. Resources are those involving agricultural production, land and water. Food security is considered strategic in the context of increased demand and limits on production. The thesis defended here is that, with regard to food security and essential resources for their security, land and water for food production in quantity and quality, one can see in South America a very preliminary movement to incorporate the topic on the political agenda, i.e. the theme is gaining relevance in national policies and the regional scenario as there is an increase in this debate at conferences and seminars, and an increase in specific discussions within regional organizations such as MERCOSUR and UNASUR, in hemispheric organizations such as the OAS, and in multilateral organizations such as the FAO.