Pathways to agroecological management through mediated markets in Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Agroecology, as a social movement and scientific discipline, applies ecological principles to the design and management of agricultural systems to improve environmental outcomes and livelihoods for farmers and rural communities. However, little research to date has assessed the policy mechanisms that could facilitate increased adoption of agroecological management practices. We investigated if and how public food procurement programs that provide financial incentives for organic and agroecological production can mitigate key constraints to agroecological transition. We explored the experience of participants in Brazil’s National School Feeding Program (PNAE) in Santa Catarina, which offers both a structured market for small-scale family farmers and a price premium for certified agroecological production systems. We found that the PNAE provides an economic incentive for small-scale farmers to begin an agroecological transition by creating a price-differentiated market that is otherwise absent in the regional context. However, without external network linkages – such as participation in farmers’ associations, cooperatives, and non-governmental agricultural extension programs that support agroecological practices – the influence of PNAE is limited in stimulating a broader scaling up of agroecological production.
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- Authors
- Guerra, J., Blesh, J., Schmitt Filho, A. L., & Wittman, H.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Agroecosystems Program and Silvopastoral Systems Laboratory, BR
- ORCID
- Wittman, Hannah
- Venue
- Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2017-01-01
- Volume
- 5
- ISSN
- 2325-1026 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2770282851
- Semantic Scholar
- 06bcd5d9d22d89895928ed7e9e70eef94d0fbe55
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5
- FWCI
- 9.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Elementa Science of the Anthropocene (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- 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 › Plant Science › Organic Food and Agriculture
- Keywords
- agroecology, agroecological transition, public food procurement, National School Feeding Program, price premium, organic production, agricultural societies, agricultural cooperatives, agricultural extension, scale-up, Santa Catarina
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