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Agroecology

, 2016
The agricultural and rural domains are characterized by internal and external drivers which menace the system, such as GM crops’ threats to agriculture and human health, supermarkets’ power over consumers and farmers, the imposition of the WTO liberalizing agenda, and the displacement of farmland to marginal locations due to land speculation.
López-i-Gelats, Feliu, Masso Tarditti, Marina Di, Binimelis, Rosa, Rivera-Ferre, Marta G.   +3 more
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Revamping Ecosystem Services through Agroecology—The Case of Cereals

Agriculture, 2021
Globally, farming systems are mostly dominated by monoculture, which has the advantage of profitability at the expense of ecological systems. Recent years have witnessed an increasing momentum in global efforts to deploy sustainable agriculture practices
Gomathy Sethuraman, Nurul Amalina Mohd Zain, Sumiani Yusoff, Yin Mei Ng, Niranjan Baisakh, Acga Cheng   +5 more
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A declaration of commitments toward agroecology pluralities

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Introduction (first paragraphs): The U.S. Agroecology Summit was held May 22–25, 2023, at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. One of the first agroecology convenings of its kind, the summit was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (
Agroecology Summit ‘Outside Empire’ Subgroup Trumbull
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An Undergraduate Agroecology Research Fellows Program Engages Co-learning Through Participatory Action Research

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
This paper addresses the role of an Undergraduate Agroecology Research Fellows Program (UARFP) toward a more critical and equity-oriented agroecology pedagogy.
Karen L. Nordstrom, Catherine E. Horner, Catherine E. Horner, V. Ernesto Méndez, V. Ernesto Méndez, V. Ernesto Méndez, Victor Izzo, Victor Izzo, Nell Carpenter, Joshua W. Faulkner, Joshua W. Faulkner, Joshua W. Faulkner, Martha Caswell, Martha Caswell, Martha Caswell, Martha Caswell   +15 more
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Agroecological approaches to securing rural livelihoods: a critical analysis using the example of Tanzania

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Agrifood systems globally are confronted with mounting challenges, including hunger, rising food prices, and geopolitical tensions. Conventional agricultural models face criticism for causing environmental degradation and increasing poverty, which ...
Nadja Ahmad, Sören Köpke
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L’agro-écologie au Brésil, un instrument genré de luttes sociales

L'Ordinaire des Amériques, 2016
From the analysis of struggles for land, for agroecology and for the recognition of productive and reproductive work of rural women, we show how agroecology is thought as a movement of gender identities construction and as a precious instrument of ...
Hélène Guétat-Bernard, Heloïse Prévost   +1 more
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Agroecology

, 2022
Se presentan los resumenes de los trabajos presentados en el área de ...
Stephen R. Gliessman, V. Ernesto Méndez, Victor M. Izzo, Eric W. Engles   +3 more
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Not yet at the table: The absence of food culture and tradition in agroecology literature

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2020
This review of agroecology’s current work on culture and food traditions—a principle of the field and one of the FAO’s 10 Elements of Agroecology—reveals two things.
Caitlin B. Morgan, Amy B. Trubek
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Grassroots agroecology advocates challenge funding objectives focused on U.S. Department of Agriculture

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
First paragraphs: In the spring of 2023, members of the organiza­tions in La Via Campesina’s North America region who participate in the Seeds, Agroecology, and Biodiversity Collective became aware of plans for a summit on agroecology to take place in
Mollie Wills, J. Antonio Tovar-Aguilar, Patti Naylor   +2 more
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Agroecology as a global trend: a bibliometric analysis of studies on agroecological practices in agriculture

Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development
The sustainability of modern agricultural production techniques is questioned due to reasons such as environmental pollution, loss of biodiversity and dependence on chemical inputs.
Merve Mürüvvet Dağ, Hasan Yilmaz
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