Agroecology: challenges and opportunities for farming in the Anthropocene
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The multiple crises facing humanity at the onset of the Anthropocene are creating a moment in which agroecology acquires greater relevance as an alternative approach for meeting sustainable development goals and providing guidelines for the reconstruction of a post-COVID-19 agricultural system that is capable of minimizing future widespread disruptions of food supplies by pandemics and climate change by enhancing linkages between small-scale food production and local consumption. There are three main areas in which agroecology can be used in the development of a new post-COVID-19 agricultural system: revitalizing small farms, creating alternative animal production systems and enhancing urban agriculture. Focusing food and agricultural policies on agroecology as a main strategy for achieving autonomy and resilience can rapidly transform the ways in which we produce and consume food while addressing global challenges, including climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, poverty, and deteriorating health.
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The benefits of agroecology often emerge through the interaction of practices rather than their singular application, with recycling and diversification contributing to resource-use efficiency, resilience, and ecosystem services.
“Previous studies have highlighted that the benefits of agroecology often emerge through the interaction of practices rather than their singular application, with recycling and diversification contributing to resource-use efficiency, resilience, and ecosystem services (Altieri and Nicholls, 2020;Tittonell and Giller, 2013).”
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- Authors
- Altieri, M. A., & Nicholls, C.
- Affiliations
- University of California System (US)
- Venue
- International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Published
- 2020-12-29
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 204-215
- ISSN
- 0304-5609 (ISSN-L)
- 2452-5731
- OpenAlex
- W3115599429
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 17.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) (submittedVersion)
- Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scientific Electronic Library Online) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Universidad de Chile
- 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
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rural Development and Agriculture
- Keywords
- agroecology, Anthropocene, small-scale food production, local food consumption, urban agriculture, food and agricultural policy, agricultural resilience, food security, climate change, biodiversity loss, Sustainable Development Goals
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