Agroecology, small farms, and food sovereignty
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Global forces are challenging the ability of developing countries to feed themselves. A number of countries have organized their economies around a competitive export-oriented agricultural sector, based mainly on monocultures. It may be argued that agricultural exports of crops such as soybeans from Brazil make significant contributions to the national economies by bringing in hard currency that can be used to purchase other goods from abroad. However, this type of industrial agriculture also brings a variety of economic, environmental, and social problems, including negative impacts on public health, ecosystem integrity, food quality, and in many cases disruption of traditional rural livelihoods, while accelerating indebtedness among thousands of farmers.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.
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Agroecology is promoted as an integrated and holistic approach capable of addressing multiple crises in the food system.
“In contrast, agroecology, defined as the application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable food systems, is promoted as an integrated and holistic approach capable of addressing multiple crises in the food system [10,11].”
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Small farms conserve natural resources, soil, and water, and serve as a sanctuary of agrobiodiversity.
“Literature on small farms identifies various contributions they make for the greater good: conserve natural resources, soil, and water, and serve as a sanctuary of agrobiodiversity [11,62]”
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- Authors
- Altieri, M. A.
- Corresponding author
- Altieri, Miguel A.
- ORCID
- Altieri, Miguel A.
- Venue
- Monthly Review
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Foundation
- Published
- 2009-07-08
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 102
- ISSN
- 0027-0520 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2061958344
- Cited by
- 575
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 47.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Monthly Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rural Development and Agriculture
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Latin American rural development
- Keywords
- agroecology, small farms, food sovereignty, industrial agriculture, export-oriented agriculture, monoculture, soybean exports, rural livelihoods, farm debt, food security, developing countries
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