Artículo de revista
Challenges for agroecology development for the building of sustainable agri-food systems
Fecha
2020Registro en:
Int. J. Agric. Nat. Resour. 47(3):152-158. 2020
10.7764/ijanr.v47i3.2308
Autor
Salazar Guerrero, Osvaldo
Rojas, Claudia
Baginsky Guerrero, Cecilia
Boza Martínez, Sofía
Lankin Vega, Gabriela O.
Muñoz Sáez, Andrés
Pérez Quezada, Jorge
Pertuzé Concha, Ricardo
Renwick, Leah L.R.
Székács, András
Altieri, Miguel
Institución
Resumen
Environmental and social crises in agriculture have led to growing recognition that
more ecologically sustainable and socially just food and agricultural systems are needed. This
thematic number of the International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources gathers
the papers submitted by authors who were due to be speakers at the workshop “Challenges
for agroecology development for the building of sustainable agri-food systems,”1 an OECD
Co-operative Research Programme-sponsored conference. The aim of the workshop was to
promote the transition from conventional agriculture towards agroecology as a science, practice
and social movement through sharing the experiences of different OECD countries: Australia,
Canada, Chile, Colombia, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United
States. The main topics to be discussed at the workshop included i) agroecology development in
OECD countries: local experiences and international collaboration; ii) agroecology as a social
movement and related public policies; iii) agroecology education to promote sustainable agrifood
systems; and iv) science, innovation and technologies in agroecological systems. While
not a comprehensive assessment of the state of agroecology in OECD countries, this thematic
number integrates diverse perspectives on some main research and policy advances and
uncovers some existing gaps in agroecology practice as an approach for transitioning towards
ecologically sustainable and socially just agricultural systems.