Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
8
Опубликована: Дек. 2, 2024
Concern
has
been
raised
about
the
potential
greenwashing/co-optation
of
regenerative
agriculture
(RA)
due
to
a
lack
consensus
on
its
definition.
While
academic
literature
cataloged
various
approaches
defining
RA,
each
definitional
approach
carries
with
it
relative
concern
for
likelihood
co-optation
and
transformative
power
can
have
within
sector.
As
industrial
agrifoods
sector
is
taking
interest
in
field,
lessons
from
organic
movement
are
worth
highlighting.
The
corporate
system
easily
integrated
foundational
pillar
growing
food
without
chemicals,
but
left
behind
pillars
alternative
distribution,
focus
whole
foods
unprocessed
ingredients.
Corporate
RA
could
be
major
driver
scaled
adaptation,
yet
may
lose
regeneration
resources,
ecosystems
functions,
social
systems
required
reproduce
next
generation
farmers.
greatest
challenge
that
fundamental
philosophical
one,
which
entails
shift
how
humans
perceive
natural
world
their
role
it.
scales,
will
hold
values
remain
obscure,
or
merge
predominant
significance
affect
real
change
agriculture?
Environmental Science & Policy,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
156, С. 103748 - 103748
Опубликована: Апрель 10, 2024
The
paper
discusses
the
increasing
use
of
term
agroecology
in
scientific
literature
and
how
its
meanings
vary
different
contexts.
However,
key
issue
is
not
understandings
per
se,
but
whether
various
interpretations
align
with
intrinsic
systemic
transformative
meaning.
To
address
this,
presents
an
integrative
framework
to
assess
approaches
that
agroecology,
distinguish
between
enabling
disabling
interpretations.
applied
yield-
non-yield-oriented
(sustainable
intensification,
conservation
agriculture,
organic
farming
regenerative
farming),
revealing
concerns
hijacking
or
co-opting
through
(1)
simplification,
(2)
false
equivalence
(3)
confusion.
prevent
and/or
respond
–
necessarily
intentional
-
process
neutralization
potential
we
propose
a
combination
accountability
regulatory
efforts,
education
collaboration
protect
integrity
principles
it
represents
as
well
ensure
just
contribution
for
(re-)shaping
agri-food
systems.
Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
15(22), С. 15941 - 15941
Опубликована: Ноя. 14, 2023
Regenerative
agriculture
(RA)
is
an
approach
to
farming
pursued
globally
for
sustaining
agricultural
production
and
improving
ecosystem
services
environmental
benefits.
However,
the
lack
of
a
standardized
definition
limited
bioeconomic
assessments
hinder
understanding
application
RA
more
broadly.
An
initial
systematic
review
revealed
wide
range
definitions
regenerative
agriculture,
although
it
generally
understood
as
framework
consisting
principles,
practices,
or
outcomes
aimed
at
soil
health,
biodiversity,
climate
resilience,
function.
To
address
existing
gaps,
we
propose
working
that
integrates
socioeconomic
acknowledges
significance
local
knowledge
context
complement
established
scientific
knowledge.
A
second
identified
indicators,
tools,
models
assessing
biophysical
economic
aspects
RA.
Additionally,
third
literature
identify
potential
integration
advanced
analytical
methods
into
future
assessments,
including
artificial
intelligence
machine
learning.
Finally,
case
study,
developed
conceptual
evaluation
in
mixed
setting
Australia.
This
advocates
transdisciplinary
approach,
promoting
comprehensive
assessment
through
collaboration,
integrated
data,
holistic
frameworks,
stakeholder
engagement.
By
defining,
evaluating
methods,
proposing
pragmatic
framework,
this
advances
guides
research
assess
fit
practices
defined
contexts.
Agriculture and Human Values,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июль 15, 2024
Abstract
As
the
term
regenerative
agriculture
caught
fire
in
public
discourse
around
2019,
it
was
promptly
labelled
a
buzzword.
While
buzzword
accusation
tends
to
be
regarded
as
negative,
these
widely
used
terms
also
reflect
an
important
area
of
growing
interest.
Exploring
can
thus
help
us
understand
our
current
moment
and
offer
insights
paths
forward.
In
this
study,
we
explored
how
why
different
individuals
groups
adopt
certain
key
or
buzzwords,
case
“regenerative
agriculture”.
We
interpretivist
approach
agriculture”
is
being
constructed,
interpreted,
understood,
employed,
drawing
from
19
semi-structured
interviews
conducted
with
farmers,
researchers,
private
companies,
NGO/nonprofits.
Several
interviewees
felt
that
making
societal
shift
thinking
towards
addressing
major
issues
like
climate
change
parity
food
agricultural
systems.
However,
farmers
particular
greenwashed,
coopting
work
they
do,
even
diluting
meaning.
found
advanced
mobilizing
“win-wins”—for
for
consumers,
society—but
may
veiling
political
economic
agendas
big
companies
using
term.
Our
findings
further
illustrated
debates
over
standardizing
agriculture,
some
contending
there
should
room
“continuous
improvement”
but
others
meaningless
without
definition.
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
7
Опубликована: Янв. 8, 2024
As
regenerative
agriculture
grows
in
popularity,
policy
and
decision-makers
have
become
interested
its
practices.
Yet,
little
is
known
about
those
factors
driving
adoption
among
farmers
ranchers.
To
better
understand
these
drivers,
we
conducted
semi-structured
interviews
with
31
ranchers
across
the
United
States
(US)
who
self-identified
as
practitioners
of
agriculture.
In
doing
so,
asked
relational
values,
which
reflect
one’s
perspectives
around
links
between
humans
nature.
We
also
economic
environmental
drivers
for
adoption.
analysis,
used
qualitative
coding
to
identify
range
values
our
sample.
found
that
1)
improving
health
people,
soils,
ecosystems
-
through
farming
practices
related
social
configurations
was
a
primary
driver
adoption,
2)
relative
privilege,
particularly
two
extremes
privileged
idealism
less
necessity
correlated
most
3)
shift
away
from
industrial
at
once
moral,
economic,
imperative
many
practitioners,
4)
systems
view
social-ecological
relationships
seen
key
societal
transitions.
While
sample
represents
only
narrow
segment
movement
US,
findings
can
serve
useful
starting
point
understanding
Our
may
inform
conversations
on
agriculture’s
potential
support
food-related
sustainability
The
discussion
situates
work
amidst
sustainable
studies,
questions
equity
food
transitions,
benefits
studying
developing
policy-relevant
solutions.
Society & Natural Resources,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
37(11), С. 1528 - 1545
Опубликована: Авг. 13, 2024
Phosphorus
(P)
is
an
essential
element
for
sustaining
human
life,
but
its
current
management
unsustainable.
Scientists
are
currently
developing
novel
scientific
and
technological
innovations
to
improve
P
management.
By
engaging
stakeholders
understand
their
perceptions
concerns,
researchers
can
address
concerns
the
chances
that
will
be
adopted.
In
this
paper,
we
conducted
thirty-seven
interviews
with
U.S.
develop
three
case
studies
of
technologies
in
recovery.
The
cases
investigated
i)
urine
diversion
recovery,
ii)
biological
removal
from
wastewater,
iii)
analysis
stable
isotopes
source
tracking
natural
water
bodies.
Stakeholders
highlighted
array
economic,
regulatory,
social
barriers
adoption
were
similar
across
all
cases.
findings
presented
study
provide
proof
concept
efficacy
comparative
methods
identify
shared
challenges
adoptions
new
within
a
research
area.
