Crafting actionable knowledge on ecological intensification: Lessons from co-innovation approaches in Uruguay and Europe

Rossing, W.A.H.; Albicette, María Marta; Aguerre, Verónica; Leoni, C.; Ruggia, Andrea; Dogliotti, Santiago

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103103

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“…Experience shows that such reconfiguration of production systems is possible starting from the experimental niches provided by co-innovation projects (Dogliotti et al, 2014;Albicette et al, 2017;Rossing et al, 2021). In addition to this intervention-oriented phase of transition research at the production system level, various scientific-experimental phases have been part of the transition project portfolio.…”

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“…The Innovation support system is mentioned for the sake of completeness, but no results are provided in this paper. Dogliotti et al, 2005;Rossing et al, 2010;Dogliotti et al, 2014;Alliaume et al, 2017;Rossing et al, 2021 Innovation support systems for ecological intensification Chile Food system diversity methodologies were also used here Gaitán-Cremaschi et al, 2019;Gaitán-Cremaschi et al, 2020 semi-structured interviews were held with 33 food system actors and experts to gain information on vegetable food systems from regional and national perspectives. The results of the interviews were coded and analyzed in terms of the variables distinguished for each of the food system components.…”

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“…The model-based findings were tested through coinnovation projects on 14 farms in which farmers, advisors and researchers collaborated on farm characterization, diagnosis and redesign (Fig. 1B), supported by social learning oriented monitoring and evaluation (Rossing et al, 2010;Rossing et al, 2021). After 5 years of co-innovation, yields of the main crops per farm increased by 40%, average per capita income increased by 24% compared to municipal averages, income per hour increased by 50%, and 17% more output per unit monetary input was achieved.…”

Section: Ecological Intensification Of Vegetable Production Systems In Uruguaymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transitioning to the safe and just space inside ‘the doughnut’ by means of agroecological niche food systems: insights from Chile and Uruguay

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To operate within the safe and just operating space captured by the doughnut metaphor, sustainability transitions are needed in the food system. Niche food systems with highly distinct practices and organization constitute a treasure chest of alternatives from which society can build new futures. Policy has little awareness of niche food systems and their potential contributions to sustainability transitions. Importantly, this limits society’s ability to adapt. Here, we review findings from an ongoing scientific project into different components of the vegetable food systems in Chile and Uruguay. The aim of the project is to investigate options for transitioning to low- or no-pesticide vegetable food systems. The results show: 1. the presence of promising alternative vegetable food systems in Chile, which are, however, highly marginalized and disempowered; 2. a diversity of vertical and horizontal producer arrangements in Uruguay and the need for value-driven as well as market-driven engagement; and 3. major possibilities for improving production systems to arrive within the doughnut by taking a systems perspective at the farm scale that includes the farm families and their networks. Consequences of these findings for alternative vegetable food systems are discussed.

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“…Adoption of regenerative farming practices can also benefit from the development of transdisciplinary research incorporating farmers' knowledge and building on farmer-to-farmer knowledge exchange (Luján Soto et al, 2021). When aiming at building sustainability, resilience and adaptive capacities, such co-innovation processes, with all the learning and social cohesion that is generated through them (Rossing et al, 2021), may be more important at fostering long-term sustainable transitions than the initially promised outcomes in term of soil, water, carbon and biodiversity.…”

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Regenerative agriculture—agroecology without politics?

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Mujtar

Félix

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“…Approaches that combine different types of knowledge through co-innovation processes are most successful at fostering ecological intensification (Tittonell et al, 2016). Since 2007, Rossing et al (2021) crafted co-innovation as an approach for governance and management of ecological intensification processes, combining three elements: a complex adaptive systems perspective, social learning settings, and dynamic monitoring and evaluation. The experience collected so far shows that the combination of external technical assistance, co-construction of knowledge, and adapted process technologies are central to ecological intensification processes.…”

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Beyond CO2: Multiple Ecosystem Services From Ecologically Intensive Grazing Landscapes of South America

Tittonell

2021

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Sustainability assessments to inform the design of multifunctional grazing landscapes need to look beyond greenhouse gas emissions to simultaneously embrace other social and environmental criteria. Here I briefly examine trade-offs and synergies between the productivity of graze-based livestock systems and the environment, and share a few generic guidelines to design pathways for the ecological intensification of livestock systems following agroecological principles. I draw from experience on livestock farming in the Rio de la Plata Grassland Biome of South America (Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil). Livestock systems based on native grasslands in this region may have greater carbon footprints (13–29 kg CO2 eq. kg LW−1) than intensive grass-feedlot systems in the region (9–14 kg CO2 eq. kg LW−1) or the average range reported for OECD countries (c. 10–20 kg CO2 eq. kg LW−1) when calculated per unit product, but only 20% greater when expressed on an area basis. Yet they use less external energy (10x) or nitrogen inputs (5x) per kg live weight (LW) produced, provide ecosystem services of local and global importance, such as carbon storage, habitat protection for biodiversity, watershed regulation, clean water, food and textiles, livelihoods and local cultures, and provide better living conditions for grazing animals. Traditional graze-based systems are less economically attractive than intensive livestock or grain production and they are being replaced by such activities, with negative social and environmental consequences. An ecological intensification (EI) of graze-based livestock systems is urgently needed to ensure economic profits while minimising social-ecological trade-offs on multifunctional landscapes. Examples of such EI systems exist in the region that exhibit synergies between economic and environmental goals, but a broad and lasting transition towards sustainable multifunctional landscapes based on agroecological principles requires (co-)innovation at both technical and institutional levels.

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Crafting actionable knowledge on ecological intensification: Lessons from co-innovation approaches in Uruguay and Europe

Cited by 37 publications

References 70 publications

Transitioning to the safe and just space inside ‘the doughnut’ by means of agroecological niche food systems: insights from Chile and Uruguay

Transitioning to the safe and just space inside ‘the doughnut’ by means of agroecological niche food systems: insights from Chile and Uruguay

Regenerative agriculture—agroecology without politics?

Beyond CO2: Multiple Ecosystem Services From Ecologically Intensive Grazing Landscapes of South America

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