A now vast body of literature is claiming that agroecology is socially transformative however, I have not found any work yet that expains why and how this is happening. Please suggest references if you can. Thanks!
I guess if society as a whole is interested in the way their food is produced, and actively want for example more eco-friendly production methods to either make themselves feel better or because it's better for the environment, then society is transformative on agroecology. Or do you mean the other way around?
Hi,
I believe that the use of agricultural alternative practices might have some serious impact not only in the way how we perceive the nature around us but as well on our diet and our habits. Those however are difficult to quantify but I believe that many projects are running, especially in the last ten years, since agroecology had a boost during this period.
Have you had a look at the following material?
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.455.3400&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Article Agroecology of pre-contact Hawaiian dryland farming: The spa...
https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/46/3/528/3778208
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/16/4372
https://wiki.resalliance.org/vol23/iss2/art5/
https://books.google.hu/books?hl=it&lr=&id=AGwoDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA94&dq=agroecology+societal+impact&ots=lcsMS7FkVJ&sig=Fwbr9HBerlLx9Etk3GQcbaw1VrU&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Best regards
Thank you for your replies to my question Carl and Francesco. I appreciate you sharing some references Francesco. I found the second and the fourth one on the list you shared, very useful. Grazie!
Undoubtedly agroecology has the potential to transform the heath of the people as well as the environment and of the society. The key steps pertain to baseline research (in annual and perennial cropping systems, with emphasis on the pests, potential biological control agents and ecological interactions) and then making the farmers aware of the ecological scenarios in the various cropping systems and the various proactive and reactive options available to them.There are many references available. I am giving two of them.
Reference:
Altieri, MA et al., (2015) Agroecology and the design of climate change-resilient farming systems. In: Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Volume 35, Number 3, Page 869.
Nicholls, C. I., and M. A. Altieri. 2018. Pathways for the amplification of agroecology. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 42 (10):1170–93.
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