Transforming food systems with agroecology
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Agroecology is a way of redesigning food systems, from the farm to the table, with a goal of achieving ecological, economic, and social sustainability. Through transdisciplinary, participatory, and...
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Agroecology promotes systemic changes, recognizing synergies between the different components of agroecosystems at field, farm, and food system scales.
“Indeed, agroecology promotes systemic changes, recognizing synergies between the different components of agroecosystems at field, farm, and food system scales (Gliessman 2016).”
From Methodological challenges in assessing the viability of agroecological practices: lessons from a multi-case study in Africa (2025) · cites this paper as Gliessman 2016
The Abstract describes systemic redesign at the farm and food-system levels, and Level 3 gives examples of integrating crops, animals, and other elements of farm management. It does not specifically describe synergies among agroecosystem components at each of the claimed field, farm, and food-system scales. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredFor Duru et al. (2015b) or Gliessman (2016), the efficiency and substitution stages correspond to a weak transition and a technocentric form of agriculture that does not break with dependence on industrial inputs and monoculture practices; the redesign stage corresponds to a conversion based on agroecological principles.
“For Duru et al. (2015b) or Gliessman (2016), the two first stages correspond to a weak transition and a technocentric form of agriculture that does not break with the dependence of industrial inputs and monoculture practices.The redesign stage corresponds to a conversion of the farm based on agroecological principles such as the enhancement of agroecosystem diversity, soil, and animal health.”
From Scenarios for an agroecological transition of smallholder family farmers: a case study in Guadeloupe (2022) · cites this paper as Gliessman 2016
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredVarious studies highlighted the political dimension of agroecology.
“Various studies highlighted the political dimension of agroecology (Gliessman 2016, Hrabanski and Le Coq 2022).”
From Methodological challenges in assessing the viability of agroecological practices: lessons from a multi-case study in Africa (2025) · cites this paper as Gliessman 2016
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“Some of my earlier editorials call for this broader scope and focus of agroecology (e.g., see Gliessman 2015a), where science, practice, and social change approaches must all be integrated.”
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“…weak or strong, as defined by various authors referring to the intensity of changes in practices, the redesign of the whole system, and the importance of changes in the norms and values of the farmers and institutions (Coquil et al. 2017; Gliessman 2016; Plumecocq et al. 2018; Therond et al. 2017).”
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- Authors
- Gliessman, S.
- Corresponding author
- Gliessman, Steve
- Venue
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-01-26
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 187-189
- ISSN
- 2168-3565 (ISSN-L)
- 2168-3573
- OpenAlex
- W2259635395
- Semantic Scholar
- 369ab496dc99908fd839a16da8ee1cc83d304274
- Cited by
- 526
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 82 · 2025: 89 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 51 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant and soil sciences
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Organic Food and Agriculture
- Keywords
- agroecology, food system transformation, sustainability, transdisciplinary research, participatory approach, environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, social sustainability
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