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Phenomenon based learning provides a platform and logic to establish bridges between academia and society. The phenomenon based learning in farms and communities has provided the basis for an agroecology course from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences since the year 2000. Students and teachers work on ‘open cases’ in...
Norway
article de journal
2013
Reflection on politics done from the field of agroecology is scarce. However, the wide range of agroecological movements and experiences taking place at several levels of public administration suggest that there is a need to develop the political aspects of agroecology’s theory. Agroecology has yet to develop tools and criteria...
Spain
article de journal
2013
This paper examines the origin and impacts of agricultural modernization in relation to the social basis of agroecology as a science and social agrarian movement. The impact of capitalism in rural societies has provided a framework for social movements from the 19th century, a framework that is also applied here...
Spain
article de journal
2013
Nowadays, agroecology is clearly focused on bringing about sustainability to food, concentrates and fibers’ production. However, a bigger picture of major social, economic and social drivers that move food systems beyond the current unsustainable, industrial agriculture is also present. With its basis rooted into ecosystems, agroecological science has become a...
Mexico
article de journal
2013
This paper examines the multiple phases of agroecology during its development, from its early emphasis in ecological processes within agroecosystems to its multidimensional approach to entire food systems. This special edition compares and contrasts different agroecological proposals while discussing the characteristics of a participatory, transdisciplinary and action oriented agroecology.
United States of America
article de journal
2013
Cultivated biodiversity is a key element to preserve sustainable agroecosystems, and it has to be approached from both an ecological and social perspective. Both elements undergo a co-evolution to deliver a wide range of agricultural systems that are adapted to local conditions. However, technical, economic, social and political factors have...
Spain
article de journal
2013
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