Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Sidney Madsen
Summary: Research in Malawi shows that many smallholder farmers, after improving production yields and diversity, do not commercialize but instead reorganize their production and consumption to reduce market dependency, thereby enhancing food security. This challenges the common assumption that increasing income through agricultural interventions is the most effective way to achieve food security, highlighting the importance of contextual factors and farmers' strategies in improving food access.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2022)
Article
Geography
Julia M. L. Laforge, Bryan Dale, Charles Z. Levkoe, Faris Ahmed
Summary: Agroecology and food sovereignty have made progress in the Global South, but face challenges in the Global North. Insights from a summit in Canada suggest the need to address governance, build solidarity networks, and prioritize Indigenous food sovereignty for agroecology advancement.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2021)
Editorial Material
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Jeremy Haggar, Valerie Nelson, Richard Lamboll, Jonne Rodenburg
Summary: Sustainable Agricultural Intensification (SAI) involves multiple aspects of social, economic, and environmental sustainability, with trade-offs and synergies between them. Achieving SAI requires consideration of ecological, genetic, and socio-economic factors, and assessment based on the sustainability of outcomes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Steven Haring, Sasha Pesci Schmulevich, Gwyneth M. Manser, Mark H. Cooper
Summary: Agricultural science should be committed to humanitarian and environmental ethics. Over the past century, it has been driven by a productivist ethic of maximizing agricultural production for food security. Recognizing the ethical and political dimensions of contemporary agricultural science can help scientists redirect their efforts towards addressing urgent issues of the future, such as environmental degradation, climate change, and social inequality. Modern agricultural science has the capacity to tackle these problems by supporting and advancing multidimensional food systems, replacing productivism as a central goal of agricultural development and scientific innovation.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Karin Skill, Sergio Passero, Mohsen Farhangi
Summary: This article analyzes the emergence and implementation of the agroecological actor network in Argentina, specifically in Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study reveals the importance of compost production, seed and experience exchange, government programs, and food fairs in the agroecological network. It also highlights the decoupling of this network from the conventional agroindustrial model.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Haley Zaremba, Marlene Elias, Anne Rietveld, Nadia Bergamini
Summary: Agroecology is a movement, science, and set of practices aimed at challenging the exploitation of farmers in dominant agricultural models. Empowering women and historically marginalized stakeholders is crucial for achieving social and ecological well-being. A feminist approach is key to establishing a socially just and ecologically sustainable agroecological transition, as human dimensions and power dynamics are interwoven in every aspect.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hung Nguyen-Viet, Giang Pham, Steven Lam, Phuc Pham-Duc, Tung Dinh-Xuan, Fang Jing, Pattamaporn Kittayapong, Wiku Adisasmito, Jakob Zinsstag, Delia Grace
Summary: The paper evaluates the strengths, challenges, and opportunities of agriculture-related Ecohealth projects in low-resource settings of Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and China, highlighting the importance of transdisciplinarity, participation, and knowledge-to-action principles.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Jonathan Reich, Siddhartho S. Paul, Sieglinde S. Snapp
Summary: The study found that sustainable intensification (SI) technologies in smallholder agriculture show multidimensional performance and highlight the need for enhancing long-term studies, assessment of soil C stocks, food security, gender, labor, and wild biodiversity.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Andrew Papworth, Mark Maslin, Samuel Randalls
Summary: Food Sovereignty is a developing and contested concept within food security debates. This article analyzes the foodways of the Rama indigenous group in Nicaragua to illustrate two tensions within the Food Sovereignty literature. The study finds that the Rama source their food in diverse ways, with engagement in the market economy being critical for their food security. There is also conflict over resources between the Rama and encroaching Pacific Nicaraguans. These findings highlight the need for further development in Food Sovereignty to address such challenges.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Mindy Jewell Price, Alex Latta, Andrew Spring, Jennifer Temmer, Carla Johnston, Lloyd Chicot, Jessica Jumbo, Margaret Leishman
Summary: This paper discusses the climate-driven frontiers for agriculture in the circumpolar north and argues that expanding the conventional industrial agriculture paradigm into Canada's northern region would have significant socio-cultural and ecological consequences. The authors propose agroecology as an alternative framework that aligns with the unique northern contexts, and they present a framework for agroecology and discuss its components using examples from the Dehcho region in Northwest Territories, Canada. The paper also highlights the challenges and cautions in implementing agroecology policy in the North and calls for community-based research in developing and testing this framework.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tavseef Mairaj Shah, Sumbal Tasawwar, Ralf Otterpohl
Summary: In recent years, the discrepancies in food systems have become more pronounced due to natural disasters and the current pandemic, leading to calls for a shift to agroecological food and farming systems. Research shows that agroecology not only addresses challenges such as food security, water scarcity, and climate change, but also has a cross-cutting nature across different disciplines.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Sinazo Ajibade, Barbara Simon, Miklos Gulyas, Csaba Balint
Summary: Sustainable intensification of agriculture is necessary to meet the nutritional needs of the growing population while minimizing negative environmental impacts. This study analyzed the global scientific output of sustainable intensification research from 2010 to 20 August 2021, finding an increase in publications and citations in 2020. The United States ranked highest in collaborations and keywords revealed the significance of Africa in addressing food insecurity under climate change conditions.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Maywa Montenegro de Wit
Summary: This paper delves into the question of whether gene editing and agroecology can complement each other in the future food system, considering various epistemic, socioeconomic, and ontological political factors. By exploring the issue of compatibility, it reveals angles on historical contradictions and contemporary work in this area.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Dana James, Rebecca Wolff, Hannah Wittman
Summary: The use of the term agroecology has increased significantly in recent decades, as various stakeholders view it as a promising approach for creating more just and sustainable food systems. Through a community-engaged approach, this study explores how diverse actors in southern Brazil describe and define agroecology. The findings highlight agroecology as a philosophy of life that promotes well-being and challenges dominant narratives of development based on economic growth and productivism. The practice of agroecology has the potential to enhance well-being by addressing issues of alienation, commodification, and exploitation, although its effectiveness is influenced by broader political-economic conditions. Given the accelerating socioecological crises, further attention is warranted on how agroecology can promote wellness from different perspectives and knowledge systems.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Jose Francisco Orozco-Melendez, Jaime Paneque-Galvez
Summary: Recent research suggests an urgent need to shift to agroecology to address problems caused by corporate food systems. In the Global South, peasant communities, indigenous peoples, and grassroots organizations have already initiated various agroecological initiatives. This study explores the potential of grassroots groups in the Global South to create innovative solutions for transitioning to a more just and sustainable food system based on agroecology.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Christoph Goerg, Heidi Wittmer, Caitriona Carter, Esther Turnhout, Marie Vandewalle, Stefan Schindler, Barbara Livorell, Alexandra Lux
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2016)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Andrew Pullin, Geoff Frampton, Rob Jongman, Christian Kohl, Barbara Livoreil, Alexandra Lux, Gyoergy Pataki, Gillian Petrokofsky, Aranka Podhora, Heli Saarikoski, Luis Santamaria, Stefan Schindler, Isabel Sousa-Pinto, Marie Vandewalle, Heidi Wittmer
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2016)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Matthias Bergmann, Thomas Jahn, Alexandra Lux, Emilia Nagy, Martina Schaefer
GAIA-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
(2016)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Wolfgang Cramer, Emilie Egea, Joern Fischer, Alexandra Lux, Jean-Michel Salles, Josef Settele, Muriel Tichit
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2017)
Article
Water Resources
Stefan Geyler, Heide Kerber, Alexandra Lux, Malte Hedrich, Jessica Beck, Kay Moeller, Gevitha Selvakumar, Michael Eller, Christina Tocha, Alexander Sonnenburg
URBAN WATER JOURNAL
(2018)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Christian Schleyer, Alexandra Lux, Marion Mehring, Christoph Goerg
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lisa Pettibone, Birgit Blaettel-Mink, Balint Balazs, Antonietta Di Giulio, Claudia Goebel, Katja Heubach, Diana Hummel, Johannes Iundershausen, Alexandra Lux, Thomas Potthast, Katrin Vohiand, Carina Wyborn
GAIA-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alexandra Lux, Martina Schaefer, Matthias Bergmann, Thomas Jahn, Oskar Marg, Emilia Nagy, Anna-Christin Ransiek, Lena Theiler
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Emilia Nagy, Anna Ransiek, Martina Schaefer, Alexandra Lux, Matthias Bergmann, Thomas Jahn, Oskar Marg, Lena Theiler
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2020)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Martina Schaefer, Alexandra Lux, Matthias Bergmann
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Thomas Jahn, Diana Hummel, Lukas Drees, Stefan Liehr, Alexandra Lux, Marion Mehring, Immanuel Stiess, Carolin Voelker, Martina Winker, Martin Zimmermann
GAIA-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Gerlind U. C. Lehmann, Nikita Bakanov, Martin Behnisch, Sarah J. Bourlat, Carsten A. Bruehl, Lisa Eichler, Thomas Fickel, Matthias F. Geiger, Birgit Gemeinholzer, Thomas Hoerren, Sebastian Koethe, Alexandra Lux, Gotthard Meinel, Roland Muehlethaler, Hanna Poglitsch, Livia Schaeffler, Ulrich Schlechtriemen, Florian D. Schneider, Ralf Schulte, Martin Sorg, Maximilian Sprenger, Stephanie J. Swenson, Wiltrud Terlau, Angela Turck, Vera M. A. Zizka
Summary: The DINA project investigates insect communities in 21 nature reserves in Germany using methods such as DNA metabarcoding to unravel factors causing insect decline. Through stakeholder engagement and scientific results, the project aims to support the development of policy recommendations to improve conservation strategies.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Martin Hitziger, Maurizio Aragrande, John A. Berezowski, Massimo Canali, Victor Del Rio Vilas, Sabine Hoffmann, Gilberto Igrejas, Hans Keune, Alexandra Lux, Mieghan Bruce, Markus A. Palenberg, Christian Poh, Miroslav Radeski, Ina Richter, Carmenza Robledo Abad, Robert H. Salerno, Sara Savic, Janina Schirmer, Barbara R. Vogler, Simon R. Ruegg
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2019)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Allan Watt, Gill Ainsworth, Estelle Balian, George Cojocaru, Marianne Darbi, Lynn Dicks, Hilde Eggermont, Eeva Furman, Lise Goudeseune, Pierre Huybrecht, Eszter Kelemen, Florian Koch, Zoi Konstantinou, Barbara Livoreil, Karla Locher, Alexandra Lux, Marion Mehring, Carsten Nesshoever, Riikka Paloniemi, Heti Saarikoski, Isabel Sousa Pinto, Marie Vandewalle, Riku Varjopuro, Liisa Varumo, Heidi Wittmer, Juliette Young
