Resumen

GUTIERREZ S, Alejandro. El capitalismo rentístico y el sistema alimentario venezolano (sav). Agroalim [online]. 2010, vol.16, n.30, pp.129-150. ISSN 1316-0354.

This article analyses the mechanisms trough the condition of Venezuela as an economy of rentistic capitalism affects the Venezuelan Food System (VFS). Once the rentistic capitalism is defined and characterized, as well as the way that influenced the evolution of the Venezuelan economy, the main effects of the oil rent on the main macro prices of the economy and trough those on the VFS were analyzed.

Palabras clave : oil rent; rentistic capitalism; macro-prices; food system; VFS; Venezuela.