Towards decolonial horizons: a systematisation of experiences of agroecological university programmes in Mexico and Venezuela

We seek to recognise, in three university programmes in agroecology in Venezuela and Mexico, alternative ways of generating territorial educational processes from a decolonial perspective. Specifically, we will assess the experiences of the Degree Programme in Agroecology at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela (UBV); the Master in Agroecology at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Ecosur), Chiapas, Mexico; and the Interinstitutional Specialisation Programme in Food Sovereignty and Strategic Management of Local Advocacy (PIES AGILES), offered in 18 states of Mexico. We aim to value the experiences and knowledges in the local territories, which emerge when there are spaces for dialogue with subjects marginalised by the modern colonial educational system. As a method, we use the systematisation of experiences, which allows for a critical interpretation of the process experienced as teachers and designers of these programmes. This article shows that, despite the challenges posed by the coloniality of knowledge and power, it is possible to visibilise other/ed systems of knowledge upheld by subjects in their territories, projecting ways of creating and thinking about decolonial educational processes for the expansion of agroecology.