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The evaluation of ecosystem services has become, in recent decades, an important framework for socio-ecological research. The present work makes an approximation to the Huerta de Murcia as a territory where, historically, the ecosystem and society have co-evolved, configuring the current socio-ecosystem.
Although there are numerous studies of different nature on...
Spain
Journal article
2015
A methodology is proposed to estimate soil quality and crop health based on simple indicators that are easy to use. Based on the estimation of these indicators, producers and researchers can determine the agroecological status of the plantation. With the values obtained for each indicator, "amoeba" diagrams are constructed, which...
Costa Rica
Journal article
2002
Agroecology is fashionable. It represents a new opportunity for social movements to progress towards a transformation of food systems. However, the risk of being co-opted, institutionalized and its political content taken back has also risen. This paper analyzes that crossroad from the perspective of political ecology: if agroecology is to...
Brazil
Journal article
2013
The serious challenges regarding agricultural unsustainability cannot be solved by exclusively relying upon technological changes that reduce environmental burdens. Although technological changes are important, is also crucial to transform the whole food system. The Participatory Research Action (PRA) approach is a methodological approach in order to collaborate among local communities...
Spain
Journal article
2013
The concept of agroecology in the United States originates from a dialectic process of co-creation of knowledge by which agroecology has formed thanks to the local alternatives policies and practices. This paper examines the relationship between agroecology and alternative food movements, while identifying opportunities for further collaboration. The paper concludes...
United States of America
Journal article
2013
This paper briefly discusses the progress and challenges brought by the integration of agroecological approaches into Brazilian institutions. It covers the struggles of rural social movements that work on the ‘agroecological fields’ of the country. The processes leading to the creation of the National Agroecology Articulation (ANA) and the Brazilian...
Brazil
Journal article
2013
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