Identifying agroecological transition pathways based on the global approach to agricultural systems: the case of family livestock farmers in northern Uruguay

Inés Ferreira Rivaben, Virginia Rossi, Mercedes Figari and Eduardo Chia ()
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Inés Ferreira Rivaben: Universidad de la República del Uruguay
Virginia Rossi: Universidad de la República del Uruguay
Mercedes Figari: Universidad de la República del Uruguay
Eduardo Chia: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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Abstract: Agroecology represents one of the main alternatives to production models generated by the green revolution, both in Uruguay and other countries. It appears as a response to climate change, biodiversity management, nature resource restoration, and, more recently, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. In Uruguay, agroecology is marginal despite the existence of a law for a National Plan to Encourage Production with Agroecological Bases since 2018. Moreover, research on agroecological transition processes is very incipient. This study aims to identify agroecological practices and possible transition paths towards agroecology of family livestock farmers in northern Uruguay. The methodology used focuses the study on technical, social and organizational practices, allowing access to the operation scheme and understanding the decision-making processes in family-type production systems. The socio-productive practices revealed in the research allowed the elaboration of a typology that represents possible ways for these livestock farmers to move towards agroecological production and management of their farms. The results of this study can be used to strengthen processes of conception or co-conception by selecting and disseminating innovation with actions and public policies closer to farmers.

Keywords: agroecological transition; biodiversity management; family farming; global methods; socio-productive practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Agrociencia Uruguay, 2023, 27, pp.e1069. ⟨10.31285/agro.27.1069⟩

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DOI: 10.31285/agro.27.1069

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