Armengot, Laura; Pérez-Neira, David and Jacobi, Johanna (2022) Editorial: Agroforestry, Food Sovereignty, and Value Chains for Sustainable Food Systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6 (859007), pp. 1-2.
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Summary
All over the planet, peasants, farmers, and different organizations and social actors are actively working against biodiversity loss, socioeconomic crises, and other aspects causing environmental unsustainability associated with the expansion of monoculture and industrial agriculture (Altieri, 1992; Foley et al., 2011). In this sense, diversified food systems are essential for the sustainability of production systems (Altieri et al., 2011). As diversified systems, agroforests have an enormous potential to improve agrarian sustainability, guarantee food security, and provide non-food production, while preserving and recovering a wide range of ecosystem functions (climate maintenance, carbon sinks, etc.) (Niether et al., 2020). This way, agroforestry can be linked to concepts such as organic agriculture, healthy nutrition, and diversified and healthy food. However, with the advance of agrifood globalization, the organization of production/consumption patterns on a global scale, and the expansion of the corporative food regime, sustainability problems can no longer be addressed only from a farm-based approach (O’Rourke, 2014).
EPrint Type: | Journal paper |
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Keywords: | agroecology, diversification, gender, social movements, activism, supply chain, SysCom Bolivien (Phase IV), Abacus, FiBL6516603, |
Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English agroecology http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92381 English diversification http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2344 English gender http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34835 English supply chains http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9fbe9719 English UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED |
Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions Food systems > Food security, food quality and human health Food systems > Produce chain management |
Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Agroforestry Systems Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Market development Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Sustainability > Agroecology |
DOI: | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.859007 |
Deposited By: | Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL |
ID Code: | 52302 |
Deposited On: | 10 Jan 2024 11:29 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2024 12:39 |
Document Language: | English |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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