Agroecology in Uruguay

Gazzano, Inés; Perazzoli, Alberto Gómez

doi:10.1080/21683565.2017.1286533

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“…In fact, current agro-ecological thinking focuses on critique of the whole agro-food regime rather than just the 'green revolution' (Elzen et al 2017; Holt-Giménez and Altieri 2013). That's to say that agroecology aims to stimulate the development of alternative thinking about the future of agriculture and strengthen ecological processes in agricultural systems while addressing the problems of concentration, alienation and access to land, along with other issues such as food sovereignty and family agriculture (Gazzano and Gómez Perazzoli 2017). In fact, agroecology has a significant contribution to the persistence of family agriculture (Babin 2015;McCune et al 2017; Santamaria-Guerra and González 2017).…”

Section: Agro-ecological Transitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Duru et al 2014;Gazzano and Gómez Perazzoli 2017;Huang and McCullough 2013;Isgren and Ness 2017;Meek 2016;Miles et al 2017;Ollivier et al 2018;Wezel et al 2016). In fact, agroecology is gaining ground, both in developed and developing countries, within the debate on how to address the systemic problems faced by agriculture (Gazzano and Gómez Perazzoli 2017;Isgren and Ness 2017). The transformative potential of agroecology is nowadays widely recognised not only by many agroecology scholars and organic agriculture movements [e.g.…”

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Innovation-Sustainability Nexus in Agriculture Transition: Case of Agroecology

Bilali

2019

Open Agriculture

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Different governments and international organizations have shown interest in agroecology as a promising pathway for transition to sustainable agriculture. However, the kinds of innovation needed for agro-ecological transition are subject to intense debate. The scale of this debate is itself an indicator of the complicated relation between innovation and sustainability in the agro-food arena and beyond. This review paper analyses the potential of agro-ecology in agricultural sustainability transitions. It also explores whether agro-ecological transition is a sustainable innovation (cf. ecological, green, open, social, responsible). Furthermore, the paper investigates the potential contribution of agro-ecological transition to sustainability, using the 3-D (Direction, Distribution and Diversity) model of the STEPS centre. Agroecology is one of the few approaches that can harmoniously combine innovation and sustainability in agriculture while promoting genuine transition to agro-food sustainability since it embraces all dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic, social/cultural/ethical). Nevertheless, it can be taken for granted neither that all traditional practices can be classified as ‘agro-ecological’ nor that all farmer-led innovations can be included in the agro-ecological repertoire. Moreover, the relationship between the three aspirations of agroecology (science, movement and practice) needs further elaboration in order to maximise potential for agriculture transition.

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Innovation-Sustainability Nexus in Agriculture Transition: Case of Agroecology

Bilali

2019

Open Agriculture

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“…Moving towards an agroecological production model would allow responding to the deterioration produced by the dominant socio-technical regime, which seems necessary and urgent (TITTONELL, 2019). Although research on family livestock systems in Uruguay has analysed their social, economic and ecological sustainability (ALBICETTE et al, 2016;GAZZANO;GÓMEZ, 2017;MODERNEL et al, 2018), not much research has been interested in studying these systems from an agroecological perspective, analysing the AT dynamics of Uruguayan livestock family producers (LFP) at a livestock production level. Some studies point to the need to better understand the management and conservation of the Natural Field (NF) carried out by LFP and, thus, generate changes through collaborative work between technicians and family producers (ALBICETTE et al, 2016;DIÉGUEZ, 2014).…”

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Comprender los caminos agroecológicos de la ganadería en el norte de Uruguay

Rivaben,

Rossi,

Chia

2023

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La agroecología como modelo de producción alternativo, es incipiente en Uruguay. Comprender e interpretar la visión que los productores y técnicos tienen sobre la transición agroecológica en el país es un desafío para la investigación. La principal hipótesis en este trabajo es que las visiones de los productores y técnicos sobre la agroecología, orientan, enmarcan y estructuran los procesos de transición. Se presentan resultados sobre las visiones de la agroecología de dos grupos de discusión realizados en 2020 con profesionales de diferentes instituciones y ganaderos familiares. Estos muestran la gran diversidad de visiones y los diferentes caminos que transitan los ganaderos. A pesar de estas visiones diferentes, se encuentran algunas ideas-fuerza comunes que podrían contribuir a la definición de un modelo de ganadería agroecológico. Los caminos permiten sugerir y evaluar propuestas diferenciadas para el desarrollo de una ganadería familiar agroecológica.

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“…In Uruguay, agroecology began to develop more than 30 years ago as a way of revaluing nature and as a source of solutions to the problems of pests and diseases generated by the technological packages that were spreading in the Uruguayan countryside. Family producers in the south of the country, devoted to horticultural items (1) , were pioneers in experimenting with agroecological solutions. From 2003 and 2004 a focal point was created to promote agroecology in the northern livestock area of Uruguay (Tacuarembó), promoted by BIO Uruguay (Batoví Organic Institute), which has consolidated over time.…”

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Biological Control

Rodríguez¹,

Chia

Rossi

2022

Agrocienc Urug

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Agroecology proposes to mobilize the scientific and practical, traditional and local knowledge of producers to develop jointly new production systems. This article presents the results of research on biological control carried out since 2003 in the north of Uruguay. Experiences were conducted by different organizations of family farmers and by BIO-Uruguay (Batoví Instituto Orgánico), a social organization founded by family farmers and rural inhabitants. The results of the analyzed experiences are technical, methodological and social, focusing mainly on the biological fight against pests and diseases of agricultural and livestock production. The different stages of the co-innovation process are presented to obtain biological solutions from the recognition and use of native pathogenic fungi to control pests of economic importance. The objectives of this study were to restore biological balances, to contribute to the agroecological transitions of the productive systems, and to enforce the collective learning, necessary among the actors, for co-innovation. These learnings contribute to the development of the individual and institutional capacities needed to "build agroecology" in Uruguay.

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Agroecology in Uruguay

Cited by 17 publications

References 3 publications

Innovation-Sustainability Nexus in Agriculture Transition: Case of Agroecology

Innovation-Sustainability Nexus in Agriculture Transition: Case of Agroecology

Comprender los caminos agroecológicos de la ganadería en el norte de Uruguay

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