Mediated territoriality: rural workers and the efforts to scale out agroecology in Nicaragua

McCune, Nils; Rosset, Peter; Salazar, Tania Cruz; Moreno, Albert J.; Morales, Helda

doi:10.1080/03066150.2016.1233868

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“…Agroecological practices can be technically oriented, such as composting or biocontrol and/or more socially oriented and promote, for instance, gender equality or local culture. Policies can advance agroecology by supporting agroecological research and the development of agroecological practices, and by ensuring that farmers have access to and security over land, and access to markets that valorise agroecological farmers and their produce [13][14][15].…”

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Understanding Farm Diversity to Promote Agroecological Transitions

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Agroecology is increasingly promoted by scientists, non-governmental organisations (NGO’s), international organisations and peasant movements as an approach to foster the transition to sustainable and equitable food systems. The challenges to agroecological transitions are not the same for all farmers, as they can face different social and bio-physical conditions. We developed a farm typology combining participatory and quantitative methodologies to assess and categorise farm diversity and its implications for developing strategies to promote agroecological transitions. The participatory typology was developed during workshops to acquire insights on local farmers’ perceptions and knowledge, and to generate hypotheses on family farm diversity. The participatory-based hypotheses were tested in the quantitative farm characterisation, which provided information on household characteristics, production strategies, land use, participation in public policies and extension services. Farms were located in Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais, Brazil, which harbour a wide diversity of farmers and where different actors have been engaged in agroecological transitions for the past 30 years. Our main findings were: (i) In the face of agroecological transitions, farmers differ in their management strategies, practices and principles; (ii) farmers identified as agroecological typically had stronger engagements in a network composed of farmers’ organisations, universities and NGO’s; (iii) agroecological farms showed great potential to provide a wide range of ecosystem services as they featured a higher crop diversity and a higher number of crops for self-consumption; (iv) to promote agroecology, it is crucial to recognise peasant knowledge, to change the dominant discourse on agriculture through social movement dynamics, and to generate support from public policies and funds; and (v) participatory and quantitative methodologies can be combined for more precise and relevant assessments of agroecological transitions.

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“…All groups emphasize agroecological principles-teaching why they matter and how to implement them. However, as their understanding of agroecology is political (Molina 2013), the education emphasizes the economic, political, and cultural dimensions of the agroecological transition (Rosset 2015;McCune et al 2016). This ranges from framing seed saving and agroecology as political acts of resistance (MST, EBUFFS, MACaC) to deliberately teaching and linking a food sovereignty framework with indigenous knowledge, decolonization, and gender equity (CPATI, FW, EBUFFS).…”

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Food sovereignty education across the Americas: multiple origins, converging movements

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“…Por fim, existe uma terceira categoria de organizações que se caracterizam por uma identidade proletária rural, as quais geralmente organizam as famílias "sem-terra" para ocupar a terra e/ou promover a sindicalização dos trabalhadores rurais. Os dois últimos tipos tendem a ser mais radicais do que as organizações camponesas tradicionais, sobretudo em seu posicionamento político antissistêmico; entre eles, as proletárias são as que manifestam posições mais abertamente ideológicas (MARTÍNEZ-TORRES & ROSSET, 2014;ROSSET, 2015;MEEK, 2015;MCCUNE et al, 2016).…”

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“…Igualmente, todas têm aportado à concepção de um projeto educativo próprio, de caráter político e com abordagem pedagógica que pode ser denominada Pedagogia Camponesa Agroecológica emergente (HOLT GIMÉNEZ, 2008;MCCUNE, REARDON & ROSSET, 2014;MCCUNE et al, 2016;MUÑOZ PEREZ, 2014;ROSSET, 2015;MEEK, 2015;BARBOSA, 2016a).…”

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Educação Do Campo E Pedagogia Camponesa Agroecológica Na América Latina: Aportes Da La via Campesina E Da Cloc

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RESUMO: Somos testemunhas de uma feroz disputa territorial contemporânea entre diversas expressões do capital e de movimentos como a La Via Campesina (LVC) e a Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo (CLOC). Nessa disputa, a agroecologia emerge como matriz produtiva e projeto político de enfrentamento do capital no campo, construída em uma perspectiva politizada e a partir de um sujeito histórico. Neste artigo, analisamos a concepção de educação agroecológica da LVC/CLOC em sua dimensão política e práxis pedagógica, que poderia denominar-se Pedagogia Camponesa Agroecológica. Abordamos os temas dos territórios em disputa e a agroecologia, e o papel teórico e político das epistemes que emergem dessas experiências na elaboração de projetos educativos e na práxis política.Palavras-chave: Educação do Campo. Via Campesina. CLOC. Pedagogia Camponesa Agroecológica. Agroecologia. Rural Education and agroecological peasant pedagogy in Latin America: experiences of La Vía Campesina and the CLOC ABSTRACT:We are witnessing a fierce contemporary territorial dispute between various expressions of capital and social movements such as La Via Campesina (LVC) and the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC). In this dispute, agroecology emerges as a productive matrix and political project that confronts capital in the countryside, built from a politicized perspective and by a historical subject.In this article, we analyze the conception of agroecological education of LVC/CLOC in its political dimension and pedagogical praxis, which could be called Agroecological Peasant Pedagogy. We address the themes *A produção deste texto está inserida na pesquisa Escolas Camponesas e a Territorialização da Agroecologia"

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Mediated territoriality: rural workers and the efforts to scale out agroecology in Nicaragua

Cited by 41 publications

References 26 publications

Understanding Farm Diversity to Promote Agroecological Transitions

Understanding Farm Diversity to Promote Agroecological Transitions

Food sovereignty education across the Americas: multiple origins, converging movements

Educação Do Campo E Pedagogia Camponesa Agroecológica Na América Latina: Aportes Da La via Campesina E Da Cloc

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