The effect of Cuban agroecology in mitigating the metabolic rift: A quantitative approach to Latin American food production

Betancourt, Mauricio

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102075

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“…In a recent meta-analysis, Raffaele d' Annolfo et al (2017) found that yields increased in 61% of the cases analysed and decreased in 20% while farm profitability increased in 66% of the cases (Betancourt 2020). In another meta-analysis of 118 studies, Ponisio et al (2015) found that the diversification practices used in agroecological practices can reduce or eliminate any yield gap between organic and conventional agriculture.…”

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Origins, Benefits and the Political Basis of Agroecology

Anderson

Bruil²,

Chappell

et al. 2020

Agroecology Now!

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In this chapter, we introduce the origins and history of agroecology, outlining its emergence as a science and its longstanding history as a traditional practice throughout the world. We provide a brief review of the evidence of the benefits of agroecology in relation to productivity, livelihoods, biodiversity, nutrition, climate change and enhancing social relations. We then outline our approach to agroecology which is rooted in the tradition of political ecology that posits power and governance have always been the decisive factors in shaping agricultural and other ‘human’ systems.

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Section: Multifunctional Benefits Of Agroecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Origins, Benefits and the Political Basis of Agroecology

Anderson

Bruil²,

Chappell

et al. 2020

Agroecology Now!

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“…Despite the fact that some of the most diverse and comprehensive criticisms of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin and afterwards were associated with Marxism (e.g., [17,94,95]), the unsustainable record of the former is still often associated with the latter in popular imagination [96]. (Importantly, a very different record exists in Cuba, irrespective of one's perspective on its Marxist status [97].) Given such reduction of environmental destruction to Marxism, a brief mention of Lefebvre's perspective on this issue is warranted.…”

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Sustainability and Metabolic Revolution in the Works of Henri Lefebvre

Napoletano

Clark

Foster

et al. 2020

World

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Humanity’s present social–ecological metabolic configuration is not sustainable, and the need for a radical transformation of society to address its metabolic rifts with the rest of nature is increasingly apparent. The work of French Marxist Henri Lefebvre, one of the few thinkers to recognize the significance of Karl Marx’s theory of metabolic rift prior to its rediscovery at the end of the twentieth century, offers valuable insight into contemporary issues of sustainability. His concepts of the urban revolution, autogestion, the critique of everyday life, and total (or metabolic) revolution all relate directly to the key concerns of sustainability. Lefebvre’s work embodies a vision of radical social–ecological transformation aimed at sustainable human development, in which the human metabolic interchange with the rest of nature is to be placed under substantively rational and cooperative control by all its members, enriching everyday life. Other critical aspects of Lefebvre’s work, such as his famous concept of the production of space, his temporal rhythmanalysis, and his notion of the right to the city, all point to the existence of an open-ended research program directed at the core issues of sustainability in the twenty-first century.

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“…An indicator is a qualitative and/or quantitative variable that allows identifying the starting point and corrective actions in decision-making [13]. The indicators are being used to identify successful agroecological experiences to scale them up, and promote greater political and financial support for agroecology [14][15][16][17]. It used of indicators on environmental, social, cultural and economic dimensions of agroecology at different spatial scales (field, agroecosystem, whole food system).…”

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Indicators for agroecological transition: Food security, nutrition, well-being, promotion of a sustainable food model

Raigón Jiménez,

Vélez Zabala,

Leandro Baladrón

2023

Magna Sci. UCEVA

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Agroecology is a viable alternative confronting the impressive model of industrial agriculture. To project the concept of Agroecology beyond theoretical definitions to practical and quantifiable principles, it is necessary to have analysis, communication and evaluation tools that support and allow the evaluation of positions. Indicators are quantifiable tools that make the obtention of numerical variables possible to compare the different models. This study aims to establish a proposal of quantifiable indicators to evaluate the direct impact of aspects related to food and nutritional quality, responding to the demand for an integrated evaluation of agroecological systems, thus improving the tools for calculating current indicators. The proposed parameters cover aspects that have a greater or lesser impact on the daily diet, such as the variability of the foods that make up the dish, their contribution to food safety, the nutritional composition and bioactive components, organoleptic aspects, degree of processing and transformation of the food consumed, environmental aspects that influence the production model and their influence on human well-being. As well as parameters of the social sphere, such as the impact on the economy of scale, on attributes of proximity, temporality, as well as indicators related to social justice. The proposal can help to obtain assessment before or after the implementation of agricultural policies towards the agroecological transition, allowing self-assessment, and provide verifiable data after a change in agricultural policies when redesigning or introducing agroecological strategies.

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The effect of Cuban agroecology in mitigating the metabolic rift: A quantitative approach to Latin American food production

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Origins, Benefits and the Political Basis of Agroecology

Origins, Benefits and the Political Basis of Agroecology

Sustainability and Metabolic Revolution in the Works of Henri Lefebvre

Indicators for agroecological transition: Food security, nutrition, well-being, promotion of a sustainable food model

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