eprintid: 11717
rev_number: 8
eprint_status: archive
userid: 3170
dir: disk0/00/01/17/17
datestamp: 2021-02-28 03:35:08
lastmod: 2021-03-09 06:10:32
status_changed: 2021-02-28 03:35:08
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Hauser, M
icrisatcreators_name: Hauser, M
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: India
title: Why international agricultural research should draw on agroecology to support sustainable food systems
ispublished: pub
subjects: n1456
subjects: s22
divisions: CRPS4
full_text_status: public
keywords: Agroecology, Agricultural research, Transitions,
Sustainable development goals, Paradigm shift
note: The author thanks Andre van Rooyen, Kai Mausch, Anthony
Whitbread, the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their
valuable suggestions to improve the arguments articulated in
this article.
abstract: Agroecology is now widely advocated as an alternative paradigm to industrial agriculture (Giraldo, 2019; Kremen et al., 2012; Rausser et al., 2019). In discussions about international agricultural research to increase food security and well-being, however, agroecology is contested. Box 1 defines agroecology as used in this opinion piece. On the one hand, a growing number of farmers, consumer groups and multilateral agencies are committed to agroecology (Bellon and Ollivier, 2018; Frison, 2020; Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho et al., 2018). For agriculture to become more sustainable, as they argue, farmers require greater independence from external inputs, and advance circular agriculture (Harris et al., 2019; HLPE, 2019; IAASTD, 2009). On the other hand, some researchers, governments and private sector actors argue for the intensification of agriculture through different versions of a Green Revolution (Buckwell et al., 2014; Levidow, 2018; World Bank, 2008). Both sides seek means to feed a growing population. Yet, their conclusions about the right technologies, business models or trade policies to achieve this goal differ (Foran et al., 2014). In this position paper, I explore the value of agroecology to support the transformation of agriculture and food systems to deliver food, health and well-being within planetary boundaries (Hatt et al. 2016; Gliessman, 2011).
date: 2020-10
date_type: published
publication: Landbauforschung-Journal Of Sustainable And Organic Agricultural Systems
volume: 70
number: 2
publisher: JOHANN HEINRICH VON THUNEN INST-VTI
pagerange: 49-55
id_number: 10.3220/LBF1608025151000
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0458-6859
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=10.3220%2FLBF1608025151000&btnG=
related_url_type: pub
citation:   Hauser, M  (2020) Why international agricultural research should draw on agroecology to support sustainable food systems.  Landbauforschung-Journal Of Sustainable And Organic Agricultural Systems, 70 (2).  pp. 49-55.  ISSN 0458-6859     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11717/1/LBF-70-02-10_PP_Hauser_201221.pdf