autarkical

Its large alluvial plain allows for intensive, high quality agriculture, in historical times based mainly on an autarkical crops (wheat, beans, etc.).

These bodies immediately became involved in helping Spain to abandon the autarkical trade practices that had brought its reserves to such low levels and that were isolating its economy from the rest of Europe.

It is a region that has moved largely from authoritarian to democratic government, from closed to open economies, from exclusive to inclusive societies, from autarkical development to regional integration, and from isolation to globalization.