Diversified farming and agroecology: Assessing cacao and coffee smallholders’ food security, dietary diversity, and vulnerability to hurricanes and other hazards in Central America

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 4, 2025

Diversified farming is one of several agroecological strategies for reducing smallholders’ risk and building resilience to climate change other hazards. Accumulating evidence shows that farmers can use agroecology improve household food security influence system transformations. However, additional research needed identify which are used by whom the degree diversification, characteristics, context, or contribute farmer well-being. In 2022, we conducted a livelihood, agriculture, survey with 429 smallholders sampled randomly from affiliated cooperatives selling coffee cacao in northern Nicaragua. We focus on practices associated 9 key principles their relation security, water dietary diversity. Next, integrated statistical analysis into our participatory mixed methods approach using partner feedback 13 interviews inform interpret regression models. Cacao wetter growing zone reported more crop diversity, organic production, less seasonal hunger than growers. Food input price inflation was pressing concern impacts hurricanes Eta Iota all producers. Our multivariate suggested location important surplus subsistence (corn bean) farm size, income, correlated significantly improved hunger. Production diversity farmers’ formal education This among first studies comparing producers assessing nutrition, vulnerability. Findings relevant many 15 million smallholder growers seeking sustainable livelihoods potentially modifying useful multidimensional indicators frameworks, like UN FAO’s Tool Agroecological Performance Assessment, include measures security.

Язык: Английский

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Co-creating a common language for an agroecological transition through local food governance: lessons learned from discussion and practice in Mashue, Los Ríos, Chile

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 29

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Experiences in Assessing the Impact of Circular Economy Interventions in Agrifood Systems—A Review

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(4), С. 1406 - 1406

Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2025

The circular economy (CE) offers a promising framework for sustainable resource management; however, assessing its performance remains challenging due to lack of robust methodologies, metrics, and data. In agrifood systems, CE has the potential improve efficiency food security. However, limited research explored interventions in this sector, emphasizing need tailored assessment tools. This study seeks advance intervention evaluation systems through realist literature review discussion on system assessments bridge identified knowledge gaps. Our reveals that most frameworks only address technical or environmental dimensions their measurable nature predominance laboratory research. focus underscores necessity incorporating real-world contexts. Insights from evaluations suggest future should develop holistic encompassing technical, environmental, social, economic dimensions. A systems-thinking approach is important understanding complex interactions among these dimensions, involving mapping, key component identification, development context-specific metrics adaptable global local settings, particularly low- middle-income countries. Active stakeholder collaboration throughout design, data collection, essential creating relevant indicators. Integrating elements supports comprehensive systems.

Язык: Английский

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Agroecological strategies for innovation and sustainability of agriculture production in the climate change context: a comparative analysis between California and Italy

Frontiers in Agronomy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7

Опубликована: Март 14, 2025

Agriculture is profoundly affected by climate change, with regions like California and Italy experiencing significant challenges due to rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, extreme weather events. Climate change expected reduce yields of specialty crops up 30% lower productivity crop failure. To cope farmers need modify production farm management practices, especially adopting agroecological principles. This mini-review explores impacts on agriculture through an innovative approach that seeks compare possible response strategies in two distant regions, Italy, which share similar conditions crops. California’s agriculture, renowned for its nuts, fruits, vegetables, faces intensifying droughts, reduced snowpack, increased potential evapotranspiration, threatening water availability yields. Similarly, a Mediterranean hotspot, endures higher declining rainfall, frequent events, impacting key grapes, olives, tomatoes. Both see vulnerabilities compounded climate-induced pest pressures scarcity. Agroecology emerges as promising solution mitigate these enhancing soil health, conserving water, promoting biodiversity. Practices such cover cropping, diversification, organic mulching, precision irrigation bolster resilience. Site-specific policy support are crucial adoption, small-scale farms. Collaborative knowledge-sharing between can foster solutions, ensuring sustainable resilient agricultural systems the face change.

Язык: Английский

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Mapping stakeholders' perceptions of agroecological farming practices adoption in Crete, Greece

Environmental Science & Policy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 167, С. 104030 - 104030

Опубликована: Март 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

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LA AGROECOLOGÍA Y SU IMPACTO EN LA SOSTENIBILIDAD AGRÍCOLA Y EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO: EVOLUCIÓN EN CUBA

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(1), С. 39 - 69

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

El cambio climático representa una amenaza significativa en el presente y futuro para los agroecosistemas. acelerado crecimiento de la población mundial ha incrementado demanda alimentos, lo que a su vez llevado un uso intensivo fertilizantes químicos plaguicidas control plagas. Esta práctica, sin embargo, compromete calidad del suelo puede tener consecuencias devastadoras productividad agrícola. En este contexto, las prácticas agroecológicas emergen como estrategia viable preventiva mitigar efectos climático, especialmente países vías desarrollo. sentido, revisión tiene objetivo conceptualizar agroecología enfoque transformador frente crisis global, analizar evolución Cuba determinar principales técnicas utilizadas país, así impacto producción alimentos. Para alcanzar objetivo, se llevó cabo Revisión Cuantitativa Sistemática, consultaron bases datos Web of Science, Scopus, Springer Nature, Frontier, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), WILEY, Google Académico Taylor and Francis. Los hallazgos indican es reconocida por capacidad transformadora ante climática, alimentaria ecosistémica. Además, observa gradual agroecológico Cuba, donde más empleadas incluyen aplicación abonos orgánicos, bioproductos biológico No obstante, fundamental impulsar aún mediante políticas públicas acciones concretas promuevan adopción estos sistemas país.

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A Systematic Review of Contemporary Challenges and Debates on Chinese Food Security: Integrating Priorities, Trade-Offs, and Policy Pathways

Foods, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(6), С. 1057 - 1057

Опубликована: Март 19, 2025

Although food security has been a long-standing focus of research and policy in China, significant gaps remain synthesizing evolving debates across multiple disciplines such as agriculture, economics, environmental science, politics. This systematic review provides an interdisciplinary analysis five key areas shaping contemporary discourses on Chinese security: (1) balancing self-sufficiency with trade dependence; (2) reconciling agricultural intensification sustainability; (3) addressing urbanization’s impact small-scale agriculture transformation; (4) enhancing resilience to climate change through targeted investments policies; (5) improving safety standards meet growing consumer concerns. harnesses insights from global academic databases—including Web Science, Scopus, Google Scholar—to map security, peer-reviewed studies reports 2010 2024. Drawing upon empirical evidence recent studies, this highlights critical tensions, those between economic growth priorities ecological preservation, explores pathways for sustainable development within China’s unique socio-political context. The findings underscore that robust strategies must integrate diverse perspectives while adapting emerging challenges impacts shifting demands. To ensure outcomes, future policies should prioritize inclusivity by incorporating ongoing agendas disciplines. can be used benchmark the advancement focused developing solutions complex China beyond.

Язык: Английский

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European Union Citizens’ Perception of the Reasons for the Cost of the Common Agricultural Policy

European Countryside, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(1), С. 137 - 152

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Abstract The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a major instrument to regulate the sustainable use of resources while guaranteeing social cohesion. Understanding people’s perception this policy mandatory formalize it without disruptions. This research report was designed understand EU citizen’s reasons why we should spend around 30% budget on CAP. We used Eurobarometer survey containing 26,502 interviews with citizens and modelled their answers using significant statistical model. study reveals that respondents’ perceptions European agriculture, CAP are influenced by gender, age, education, household size, class. Women’s views highlight EU’s role in funding food security, adherence production standards. Men focus economic demands agriculture its sustainability. Age differences show older individuals’ historical understanding younger Education level impacts perceptions, less educated individuals recognizing importance financial aid for security higher costs due regulations, more investments required environmental benefits Larger communities emphasize regulatory costs, whereas rural residents practical challenges farming. Higher classes aware centralized agricultural investment needs, lower prioritize sustainability climate change mitigation.

Язык: Английский

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Building a more sustainable food system in Colombia: a role for nutrition professionals

Опубликована: Апрель 11, 2025

This article describes multiple efforts to facilitate the transition a more sustainable food system in Colombia, which can contribute achievement of climate-, biodiversity-, and health-related goals. These interconnected goals are aligned with Colombia’s plan for development sovereignty, guided by systems typology developed World Wildlife Fund, through support concept known as Buen Vivir. Public health nutrition professionals increase security, build Colombia through: (1) community gardening peri-urban urban agriculture projects; (2) institutional- consumer-level waste reduction prevention programs; (3) menu projects that incorporate indigenous, native, local foods recovery memory. Such should be participatory tailored meet needs stakeholders different regions Colombia.

Язык: Английский

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Policies and development models for “sustainable” agriculture in Tunisia an “agroecological transition” in question

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 22

Опубликована: Апрель 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

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