“I made a pact with God, with nature, and with myself”: exploring deep agroecology

Botelho, Maria Izabel Vieira; Cardoso, Irene Maria; Otsuki, Kei

doi:10.1080/21683565.2015.1115798

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“…However, agroecology, along with agriculture more generally, has contradictory features in Brazil. On the one hand, civil society, religious organisations and farmers' movements have created a political and social movement based on food sovereignty, farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing and autonomy of the local populations from state or corporate food production systems [1,2,30]. These organisations have been successful in institutionalising agroecology, with influential civil society groups including the Latin American Consortium on Agroecology (CLADES), the National Agroecology Alliance (ANA) and the Brazilian Agroecological Association (ABA-Agroecology), along with scientific institutions like the Brazilian Agricultural Research Organisation.…”

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Addressing the Knowledge Gaps in Agroecology and Identifying Guiding Principles for Transforming Conventional Agri-Food Systems

Bellamy

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2017

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Abstract:Today's society faces many challenges when it comes to food production: producing food sustainably, producing enough of it, distributing food, consuming enough calories, consuming too many calories, consuming culturally-appropriate foods, and reducing the amount of food wasted. The distribution of power within the current mainstream agri-food system is dominated by multinational agri-businesses that control the flow of goods and wealth through the system. This hegemony has implemented a regime whose structures reinforce its control. A growing response to the current agri-food regime is the rise of agroecology, in both developed and developing country contexts. This is not a new phenomenon, but it has evolved over time from its Latin American origins. However, agroecology is not a monolithic block and represents many different perceptions of what it means to advance agroecology and ways in which it can help today's society tackle the crisis of the agri-food system. This paper addresses these sometimes discordant view points, as well as the gaps in our knowledge regarding agroecology in an effort to lay out some guiding principles for how we can move forward in transforming the current agri-food system to achieve sustainability and a more equitable distribution of power and resources.

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“…[30][31]. Analysing a food regime encompasses political, economic and social analysis to understand the role of food production and consumption relations, particularly in the context of global capitalism [25].…”

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Addressing the Knowledge Gaps in Agroecology and Identifying Guiding Principles for Transforming Conventional Agri-Food Systems

Bellamy

Ioris

2017

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“…No fim da década de 1970, a Agroecologia ressurgiu 3 , considerada por muitos autores como uma ciência que estabelece as bases teóricas para a construção de uma agricultura sustentável que abarca os diferentes movimentos sociais em prol da sustentabilidade (ASSIS, 2002(ASSIS, , 2005CAPORAL & COSTABEBER, 2002). A Agroecologia é uma ciência com ênfase na multidisciplinaridade, com suporte de vários ramos do conhecimento (SCHULTZ, 2008), possuindo, em alguns casos, motivações de ordem religiosa e concepções filosóficas particulares (NEVES et al, 2000;BOTELHO et al, 2015). Schutter (2012) já a define basicamente como ciência e como conjunto de práticas.…”

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Desempenho de agricultores familiares na comercialização de produtos orgânicos e agroecológicos no estado do Pará

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Objetivou-se analisar o desempenho e as estratégias de comercialização de agricultores orgânicos e/ou agroecológicos do estado do Pará. Foram feitas visitas às feiras de produtos orgânicos e/ou agroecológicos da região metropolitana de Belém, com aplicação de questionário a 28 agricultores familiares. Utilizaram-se estatística descritiva, testes t de Student e não paramétrico de Friedman, por meio do software Public Social Private Partnership (PSPP). Constatou-se que 68% dos agricultores se sentem satisfeitos e 32% muito satisfeitos com a atividade e comercialização; a logística do campo até as feiras é a principal dificuldade encontrada. Para a expansão de cadeias curtas de agricultura de base ecológica são necessários mais apoios institucionais e intervenções governamentais, a fim de estimular essas diversas tendências.

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“…De Moura [10], Jurna [15], Londres [11] and Brumer [16] highlight the discrimination of peasants, the invisibility of female work, a need for financial autonomy, a lack of dialogue within the family upon issues of succession, income, and affective relationships among youth as other factors of depeasantization, but they say less about how young people handle these constraints. Accordingly, Botelho [17] notes that issues of diversity, like gender and generational conflicts, need more reflection by agroecological farmers and scientists, among others.…”

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Resignification Practices of Youth in Zona da Mata, Brazil in the Transition Toward Agroecology

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Youth play an important role in the transition toward agroecology through practices of resignification. This article discusses how young people resignify agroecology by taking part in education initiatives that originate from social movements, and that aim to strengthen young peoples’ abilities to reflect on their practices and realities. We used action research to create films with young agroecologists in the region of Zona da Mata Mineira, Brazil. Our analysis draws on films, interviews and participatory observations made during thirteen workshops to visualize the agroecological practices and visions of youth. We explore how social frames—e.g., the specific ways in which people understand reality—shape practices and how these frames are actively changed by youth. The findings show how frames are changed during (1) frame amplification by building on existing local values; (2) frame bridging by linking with other social movements; (3) frame extension by inclusion of new frames; and (4) frame transformation by altering the meaning of agroecology. We find that young people who engage with agroecology contribute to processes of repeasantization that rework local culture to be more inclusive of different populations, generations and genders, and that they foster an appreciation of the interconnectedness of humans and nature.

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“I made a pact with God, with nature, and with myself”: exploring deep agroecology

Cited by 33 publications

References 21 publications

Addressing the Knowledge Gaps in Agroecology and Identifying Guiding Principles for Transforming Conventional Agri-Food Systems

Addressing the Knowledge Gaps in Agroecology and Identifying Guiding Principles for Transforming Conventional Agri-Food Systems

Desempenho de agricultores familiares na comercialização de produtos orgânicos e agroecológicos no estado do Pará

Resignification Practices of Youth in Zona da Mata, Brazil in the Transition Toward Agroecology

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