Agroecology and Politics. How To Get Sustainability? About the Necessity for a Political Agroecology
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Agroecological movements are spreading and many local experiences are being carried out. But agroecology still has not developed instruments and approaches to elaborate state and regional strategies, where the political and institutional aspects play a key role. This text contributes to overcoming these oversights by means of a theoretical foundation that demonstrates why agroecology should engage politics. First, we argue that agroecosystems, as socioecological constructions, are produced through power relations. Second, we show the close relationship between agroecosystem dynamics and politics, and, therefore, the crucial role that political agroecology plays in the agroecological transition. Finally, we evaluate the world food system as the context in which agroecological experiences should be developed.
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Effective and horizontal involvement of social organizations in co-production of public policy and in creating a holistic vision of agricultural and food systems may prevent and compensate risks of conventionalization or cooptation through participatory processes.
“The effective and horizontal involvement of social organizations in the co-production of public policy, as well as in creating a holistic vision of agricultural and food systems, may serve to prevent and compensate these risks through participatory processes”
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The dialectical articulation between local administrations, academia and social organizations is a central element in scaling agroecological transitions.
“The dialectical articulation between local administrations, academia and social organizations is another central element in scaling agroecological transitions”
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- Authors
- de Molina, M. G.
- Affiliations
- University Pablo de Olavide
- Venue
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-12-17
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 45-59
- ISSN
- 2168-3565 (ISSN-L)
- 2168-3573
- OpenAlex
- W2199902276
- Cited by
- 164
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 18.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (publishedVersion)
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Social Sciences and Humanities
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rural Development and Agriculture
- Keywords
- agroecological transition, agroecological movement, power relations, social-ecological systems, food system sustainability
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