Popular education, youth and peasant agroecology in Brazil

Goris, Margriet; Lopes, Ivonete da Silva; Verschoor, Gerard; Behagel, Jelle; Botelho, Maria Izabel Vieira

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.08.003

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“…Popular education and critical pedagogies have a central objective: the propitiation of the development of critical thinking (McLaren et al, 2001). These pedagogies, focused on solving concrete problems, are commonly used in agroecological education (Rosset and Martínez-Torres, 2012;McCune et al, 2014McCune et al, , 2017Rosset et al, 2019;Anderson et al, 2020;Goris et al, 2021;Casado et al, 2022).…”

Section: Social Cognitive Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

Maya

Rodríguez‐Robles²,

Gutiérrez³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionStingless bee breeding, also called Meliponiculture, has existed for thousands of years in Mesoamerica among a variety of rural and indigenous cultures. Due to its biocultural importance, it represents a perfect device for agroecological education and scaling, as well as pollinator conservation. At the same time, promoting agroecological transitions are necessary for conserving the cultural heritage that meliponicultures represent.MethodsWe organized a series of activities based on this premise: documenting and dialoguing “saberes contemporáneos” (contemporary knowledges), design and implementation of community agroecological workshops, guided visits at the institutional Meliponary at ECOSUR Villahermosa and promotion of agroecological and biocultural school gardens, all in Tabasco, México. We used “diálogo de saberes” (knowledge dialogues) as a methodological approach, promoting respect for the contribution of the diversity of ontoepistemologies involved. We drew on the ideas of several pedagogues, mainly from popular education and critical pedagogy frameworks.Results and discussionWe identified characteristics of stingless bees and meliponicultures that make them excellent mediators for biocultural conservation and agroecological education: the complex, deep and beautiful relation between humans and bees; meliponiculture's ecological and cultural importance; stingless bees as pollinators par excellence, landscape connectors, and charismatic species; the association of bees with values around work and community; meliponicultures' symbolic relevance and emotional significance; meliponicultures as promoters of intergenerational dialogue; bee keeping as an activity of caring for the continuity of life; sensory stimulation through contact with colonies; learning through doing in the practice of beekeeping; meliponicultures as an activity requiring skill but no special equipment; and meliponiculture's productive potential. This confluence of teaching-learning opportunities, cultural and moral values, care for the land and biocultural diversity, and economic potential makes meliponiculture a potent catalyst for agroecological learning and transitions.

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Section: Social Cognitive Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

Maya

Rodríguez‐Robles²,

Gutiérrez³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Finalmente, las diversas opciones de adición a la agroecología sostenible parecen ser compatibles con diversos procesos ecológicos en la producción agrícola, pecuaria y forestal, junto a los otros sistemas alimentarios, dado que existen rutas de manejo técnico amigables con el medio ambiente dentro de la agricultura convencional para el adecuado manejo de la fertilización y el uso de pesticidas, para ellas, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y la Plataforma Intergubernamental de Ciencia y Política sobre Biodiversidad y Servicios de los Ecosistemas (IPBES) afirman que la agroecología es un camino para abordar varios objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (ODS) y por tanto prelegían los procesos mitigatorios más amigable y adaptable al cambio climático con el objeto de estimular el uso sostenible y la preservación de la biodiversidad junto a la diversidad cultural como procesos de acercamiento a la soberanía alimentaria para mejorar las relaciones entre las personas, la agricultura y la naturaleza para garantizar la autonomía de los agricultores y transformar los sistemas alimentarios y por ende fortalecer la interacción entre los saberes de comunidades locales y el medio ambiente (Akakpo et al 2021;Goris et al 2021;Stringer, 2008).…”

Section: Agroquímicos En La Agriculturaunclassified

Efectos de la agricultura intensiva y el cambio climático sobre la biodiversidad

Reyes-Palomino¹,

Ccoa²

2022

Rev. Investig. Altoandin.

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Biodiversity is being affected by the overexploitation of natural resources, the increase of invasive species, climate change, intensive agriculture, and livestock farming. Among these, intensive soybean cultivation has displaced other products such as rice and wheat; intensive cultivation leads to increased use of agrochemicals, which generates severe socio-environmental effects, particularly on biodiversity. The objective of the study was to compile scientific literature produced on the loss of biodiversity caused by intensive agriculture and climate change, and within them the possible effects on the interrelationship between human beings and the environment. The methodological procedure was the systematic review developed in March 2021, using Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT with terms “biodiversity”, “climate change” and “agriculture” in the Scopus, Web of Science and Scielo databases. The results identified that there were at least 99 topics in Web of Science (99 topics), Scopus (155 topics) and Scielo (36 topics) that show the loss of biodiversity due to climate change and the expansion of intensive agriculture with consequences, not only in the regions surrounding the crops in question, but also indirectly in the mountain regions through the consumption of soybean in animals and derivatives in humans. It is concluded that biodiversity as a provider of food and disease prevention for humanity contributes to sustainability and, therefore, its preservation requires the adoption of aggressive public policies within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

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“…É nesse ambiente de debilidades que a agroecologia tem sido proposta como um sistema produtivo alternativo para promover a segurança e soberania alimentar (GORIS et al, 2021), bem como contribuir para o desenvolvimento sustentável (MACIEL, 2022). Em uma revisão bibliográfica, Bezner Kerr et al (2021) identificaram que a maioria dos estudos (78%) publicados sobre a temática atestam que as práticas agroecológicas têm efeitos positivos na segurança alimentar e nutricional das famílias, em países de baixa e média renda.…”

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Inovação E Sustentabilidade: As Práticas Da Agricultura Familiar Agroecológica Em Santana Do Livramento/Rs

Maciel

Troian

Breitenbach

2023

Grifos

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Os agricultores familiares agroecológicos têm adotado práticas inovadoras como forma de potencializar a reprodução socioeconômica familiar em um cenário adverso e em oposição ao modelo hegemônico de produção agrícola. O presente estudo analisou, especificamente, as inovações da agricultura familiar agroecológica de Santana do Livramento/RS para identificar sua contribuição para o desenvolvimento sustentável. A pesquisa se caracteriza como qualitativa, descritiva e empregou o método de estudo de caso. As técnicas de coleta utilizadas foram a entrevista semiestruturada e a observação participante. Entrevistaram-se nove agricultores familiares agroecológicos entre outubro de 2021 e janeiro de 2022 e o tratamento dos dados se deu através da análise de conteúdo. Como resultado, constatou-se que a trajetória inovativa da agricultura familiar agroecológica no município, baseia-se na introdução de inovações/novidades/mudanças desde a produção dos alimentos e dos processos empregados, bem como na forma de comercializar e organizar a produção. Com isso, contribuem para potencializar a qualidade dos produtos ofertados e a segurança alimentar, como também fortalecer a relação com os consumidores. Tais medidas, em síntese, ampliam a sustentabilidade rural e têm a potencialidade de conquistar um desenvolvimento mais harmonioso e sustentável.

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Popular education, youth and peasant agroecology in Brazil

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

Efectos de la agricultura intensiva y el cambio climático sobre la biodiversidad

Inovação E Sustentabilidade: As Práticas Da Agricultura Familiar Agroecológica Em Santana Do Livramento/Rs

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