Multifunctionality: epistemic diversity and concept oriented research clusters

Caron, Patrick; Reig, Ernest; Roep, D.; Hediger, Werner; Cotty, Tristan Le; Barthélemy, D.; Hadyńska, Anna; Hadyński, Jakub; Oostindië, H.A.; Sabourin, Éric

doi:10.1504/ijarge.2008.020080

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“…For most of these issues, agriculture is Dossier challenged; it lies at the heart of a great many of society's expectations and of our planet's burning issues. Even if the word has been taboo for some time, it is useful to acknowledge that agriculture is multi-functional (Caron et al, 2008). The word "territory" makes it possible to account for a spatial organization and scales that have been ignored so far to address these agriculture related issues.…”

Section: Territory: An Old Word To Address Current Challengesmentioning

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Dossier : « À propos des relations natures/sociétés » − Territory: with government and market, a major institutional component to achieve resilience

Caron¹

2015

Nat. Sci. Soc.

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-Exploring why the long existing word "territory" is increasingly used to address current sustainability challenges seems a worthwhile effort. Beyond its polysemy, the territory is considered here as having both spatial and social characteristics, liaising for instance at the local level between community and landscape. At the local level, the territory contributes to the provision or management of public goods and has the capacity to generate changes. This concept provides an analytical and operational framework for addressing public regulation needs through the strengthening of targeted collective action, through the partial resolution of market and state failures and through the connection between collective and public action. The text finally looks at commonalties and specificities between the two concepts of socio-ecosystem and territory.Résumé -Le territoire : en complément du marché et de l'État, une notion institutionnelle majeure pour promouvoir la résilience. Dans un premier temps, sont analysées les raisons qui justifient la mobilisation croissante du mot « territoire » pour répondre aux défis du développement durable. Audelà d'une polysémie affirmée, ce terme est ici considéré comme ayant une dimension sociale tout autant que spatiale, et faisant ainsi le lien entre les notions de communauté et de paysage. Le territoire contribue à la production et à la gestion de biens publics, ainsi que sa capacité à générer le changement. Ce concept offre un cadre analytique et opérationnel pour saisir les besoins de régulation publique via le renforcement d'actions collectives dédiées, la résolution partielle des défaillances d'État et de marché et les synergies entre actions collectives et publiques. Le texte identifie enfin les similitudes et spécificités des concepts de socioécosystème et de territoire.

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Dossier : « À propos des relations natures/sociétés » − Territory: with government and market, a major institutional component to achieve resilience

Caron¹

2015

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“…Consequently, the different disciplinary approaches that have considered multifunctionality -economy, sociology, even ecology -have resulted in a fragmentation of its key aspects which thus remain conditioned by the various epistemologies (Caron et al, 2008a;Renting et al, 2009).…”

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“…Similarly, multifunctionality has been developed by various local systems. These different contexts have certainly contributed to determining differences, even today, in the term's definitions (Caron et al, 2008a).…”

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“…At the European level, various approaches determined by local characteristics, as well as by a combination of the country's political orientations and the interests of the various actors involved, are thus translated into various modes of support for the environmental and social functions of agriculture (Cairol et al, 2009;Caron et al, 2008a).…”

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Paths to developing multifunctional agriculture: insights for rural development policies

Casini

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Romano

2012

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Abstract:The paper proposes to contribute to the growing literature on the practise and significance of multifunctional agriculture, drawing on an empirical study of 50 farms located in Central Italy and Sicily. The paper intends, in particular, to identify and analyse the ways that multifunctionality can be translated into rural development models, and to distinguish the territorial and farm features that favour the development of agricultural practices whose strength lies in supplying non-market goods and services. The results enable us to draw guidelines for public intervention aimed at promoting the diffusion of development models that integrate traditional farming processes and ways to internalise externalities.

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“…Given the intricate and mutually-reinforcing relations between agriculture, food, and socioeconomic systems, the present article aims to characterize and explore how the concept of agroecology stimulates the conceptualization of agroecological food systems, or perhaps even a more inclusive term like "socio-agroecological food systems." Food systems following the principles of agroecology calling for resilience, multifunctionality (Caron et al 2008), equity, and recycling of resources face particular challenges and have significant options for impacting sustainable development in city regions (Dumont et al 2016;Duru, Therond, and Fares 2015). This needs to be seen in a light where an increasing amount of the global population lives in urban areas, from smaller towns with a few thousand inhabitants, to mega-cities of millions of people.…”

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Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context

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Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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Based on urgent needs for food security compounded by a changing climate which impacts and is impacted by agricultural land-use and food distribution practices, we explore the processes of action in implementing agroecological food systems. We identified the following characteristics for an agroecological food system: 1. Minimizing use of external inputs, 2. Extent of internal resource recycling, 3. Resilience, 4. Multifunctionality, 5. Building on complexity and incorporating greater systems integration, 6. Contextuality, 7. Equity and, 8. Nourishment. We focus on the city-region food systems context, concluding with practical drivers for realizing more agroecological food systems in cityregion contexts. Agroecological food systems are widely diverse, shaped by context, and achieved through multi-actor planning in rural, peri-urban and urban areas. Application of agroecological food systems in rural-urban contexts emphasize the necessity of diversification, zoning rural-urban landscapes, planning for seasonality in a food systems context, and producing at scale. Ruralurban food systems are a relevant and challenging entry point that provides opportunities for learning how food systems can be shaped for significant positive change. Social organization, community building, common learning, and knowledge creation are crucial for agroecological contextualized food systems, as are the supports from appropriate governing and institutional structures.

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Multifunctionality: epistemic diversity and concept oriented research clusters

Cited by 18 publications

References 7 publications

Dossier : « À propos des relations natures/sociétés » − Territory: with government and market, a major institutional component to achieve resilience

Dossier : « À propos des relations natures/sociétés » − Territory: with government and market, a major institutional component to achieve resilience

Paths to developing multifunctional agriculture: insights for rural development policies

Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context

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