Reconnecting Farmers with Nature through Agroecological Transitions: Interacting Niches and Experimentation and the Role of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems
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Giagnocavo, Cynthia Lynn; Cara García, Miguel de; González Fernández, Mónica; Juan Cazorla, Melchor; Marín Guirao, José Ignacio; [et al.]Fecha
2022-01-20Resumen
Sustainability transitions in agriculture are explored through an analysis of niche initiatives within a common production system, relying on sustainable transitions, multi-level perspectives, and agroecological frameworks, and involving multi-actor, agricultural knowledge, and innovation systems (AKIS). The article focuses on how experimental niches and sustainable activities affect farmers’ relationships with nature, and the reconceptualisation of the production system in which they operate, particularly where this system is embedded in less sustainable conventional or dominant regimes and landscapes. The need for fundamental changes, in the way that humans interact with nature, is widely argued for in order to achieve sustainable development, and farmers occupy a central role through participation in complex networks of agri-food systems. They have also found themselves disconnected from nature through conventional agri-industrial production practices. Four niches (biological contro...
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human nature connectedness
sustainability transitions
agricultural innovations
multilevel perspective
agroecology
agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS)
conservative agriculture practices
knowledge co-production
mediterranean horticulture
integrated pest management
greenhouses
soil health
biological control
pond naturalisation
collective action
socio-ecological systems