Agriculture and Human Values, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 40(3), С. 929 - 938
Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2023
Язык: Английский
Annual Review of Resource Economics, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(1), С. 351 - 381
Опубликована: Июль 12, 2023
Agroecology is often considered as the ultimate and most comprehensive solution to many challenges of agricultural food system, also referred agri-food system. This review investigates what extent agroecology can become mainstream model for transforming agriculture toward more sustainable resilient systems within given economic political context. We find that enhancing will require a fully integrated multiscale approach from farm region globe. The must consider relevant processes relationships, actors stakeholders well drivers, sustainability indicators, respective assessment methods across all scales. Giving specific attention drivers related economy, technology, policy we point out needs be economically viable farmers other system actors. In particular, new emerging technologies digitalization breeding should consideration in agroecological transformation. stress need an analytical operational framework adequate design suggest six areas needed support large-scale adoption agroecology.
Язык: Английский
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Food Security, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(3), С. 613 - 627
Опубликована: Март 27, 2023
Язык: Английский
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Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(1)
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
Farmer-managed seed systems and the conservation of agrobiodiversity are increasingly recognized as important components food sovereignty. In contrast, hybrid, genetically modified (GM), and, increasingly, gene-edited crops continue to be promoted by Green Revolution proponents a “climate smart” package that includes fertilizers, pesticides, purchased seeds, links global markets. Influencing laws policies support uptake modern crop varieties has been key entry point in many countries, facilitated networks foreign donors, philanthropists, governments, multinational companies. Using case South Africa, where GM have grown for several decades, we provide insights on implications Malawi, which passed Seed Act 2022, implicitly supporting crops. Both countries histories colonial agriculture with strong policy modern, hybrid maize, replacement (and displacement) local, open-pollinated maize varieties. studies revealed contamination smallholder fields systems. Through political ecology lens, explore how its cotechnologies were commodified Africa what African experiences adoption farming can tell us about challenges faced Malawian farmers. We reveal ongoing colonialities power, knowledge, being, nature shape character form both running counter needs agroecological farmers their ways knowing being. conclude envisioning reimagined, transformed decolonial approaches might look like continent, they contribute toward attainment sovereignty an future.
Язык: Английский
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PLoS Biology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 20(7), С. e3001716 - e3001716
Опубликована: Июль 26, 2022
As climate change increasingly threatens agricultural production, expanding genetic diversity in crops is an important strategy for resilience many contexts. In this Essay, we explore the potential of crop biotechnology to contribute diversification, especially industrialized systems, by using historical perspectives frame current dialogue surrounding recent innovations gene editing. We unearth comments about possibility enhancing made ambitious scientists early days recombinant DNA and follow implementation technology, which has not generated diversification some anticipated. then turn claims promise editing tools with respect same goal. encourage researchers other stakeholders engage activities beyond laboratory if they hope see what technologically possible translated into practice at critical point transformation.
Язык: Английский
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Sustainability Science Practice and Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 20(1)
Опубликована: Июль 22, 2024
The bioeconomy is touted as an innovative economic approach to make economies more sustainable through the use of biological resources and processes. In many policies, expansion biomass key enabled by new biotechnologies precision agriculture (PA). We respond demand for critical approaches sustainability ask: How can feminist (sustainability) research – specifically ecological economics science technology studies help assess shortcomings socio-technical innovations in bioeconomy? have drawn from these two fields construct a framework analysis illustrate its application looking at field PA, which has emblematic production agricultural bioeconomy. how this analytical reveal manifold linked innovations, such reinforcement power relations; promotion productivism; undermining precaution, sufficiency, cooperation development; fetishization data; delegitimization local knowledge. While only exemplary, it shows allows fine-grained multifaceted assessment specific draw attention structural systemic are often overlooked.
Язык: Английский
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Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 351, С. 108472 - 108472
Опубликована: Март 23, 2023
Finding a balance between the agroecological benefits of in-field crop diversification and associated management demands, while maintaining expected production levels, is essential for making diversity work farmers. The aim this study was to find workable resolution within context an on-station organic arable cropping systems experiment in Netherlands. tested gradient treatments from sole-crop references strip (3 m x 54 strips sown adjacent pairs varying complexity) pixel (0.25 m2 plots each with one out six total crops arranged 7.5 12 grids). In these we assessed performance multiple agroecosystem service (AES) indicators (soil fertility, yield quality, weed cover diversity, natural enemy activity density) three focal (cabbage, wheat, potato) using years field data three-part analysis. First, used linear mixed models assess effects treatment on AES indicators. We found no clear indication that performed better than rest across Second, developed novel method quantifying temporal, spatial, genetic structural into compound scores, scores analyze response relationships increasing delivery. Here had positive effect species density. For indicators, observed inflection point most diverse treatment, performing notably poorly. Third, multivariate analysis approach contribution delivery, but individual dimensions These findings suggest prospects are when it comes balancing aims increases other also feasibility. Reconciling shortcomings highly (e.g. through development appropriate technologies) may be way mitigate trade-offs ecological at resolutions higher cropping.
Язык: Английский
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Agriculture and Human Values, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 40(3), С. 913 - 928
Опубликована: Апрель 21, 2023
Abstract Agricultural-technology (ag-tech) and agroecology both promise a better farming future. Ag-tech seeks to improve the food system through development of high-tech tools such as sensors, digital platforms, robotic harvesters, with many ag-tech start-ups promising deliver increased agricultural productivity while also enhancing sustainability. Agroecology incorporates diverse cropping systems, low external resource inputs, indigenous farmer knowledge, is increasingly associated political calls for more just system. Recently, demand has grown potentially groundbreaking benefits their convergence, University California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) attempting union. Building on its combined expertise in engineering agroecology, well longstanding reputation socially progressive institution, university administrators believe that UCSC could produce unique, form designed small, low-resource farmers—a rare contribution given ag-tech’s tendency cater primarily large-scale agribusiness. This paper examines complexities uniting interviews agroecologists, engineers, social scientists involved UCSC’s initiative. Within setting historically radical yet neoliberalizing university, I find significant epistemic structural barriers exist come together an even playing field. case study contributes broader discussions future by focusing contours challenges widely called-for collaboration, highlighting difficulty but areas possibility particularly rich, contested context.
Язык: Английский
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Sociologia Ruralis, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 63(2), С. 348 - 369
Опубликована: Фев. 26, 2023
Abstract This study investigates how proponents and critics of gene editing in agriculture food (GEAF) employ expectations—discourses with future‐oriented impacts—as they compete to secure desired futures mobilise social processes resources towards their goal influencing GEAF (re)regulation agro‐food systems within the EU. We draw on 27 semi‐structured interviews 53 Euractiv media articles identify analyse proponents’ critics’ responses 2018 European Court Justice regulatory decision that will be regulated as genetically modified organisms. Despite similar themes environmental sustainability, security winners losers agricultural innovation systems, discourses reflect divergent expectations GEAF. argue both groups link concerns about path dependencies technological innovations which serve influence emerging political, public elite perspectives Although some extent performative, these offer important insights should problematised engaged governance spaces. is conceptually framed by socio‐technical futures, dependency political economy literature.
Язык: Английский
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Agriculture and Human Values, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2025
Язык: Английский
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Agriculture and Human Values, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2025
Язык: Английский
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