Rural Social Movements and Agroecology Context, Theory, and Process

Rural social movements have in recent years adopted agroecology and diversified farming systems as part of their discourse and practice. Here, we situate this phenomenon in the evolving context of rural spaces that are increasingly disputed between agribusiness, together with other corporate land-gr...

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Published inEcology and society Vol. 17; no. 3; p. 17
Main Authors Rosset, Peter M., Martínez-Torres, Maria Elena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa Resilience Alliance 01.01.2012
Subjects
Agribusiness
Agroecology
Crops
disputed territories
Ecological sustainability
Ecology
Family farms
farmer-to-farmer
Farmers
Food sovereignty
Organic farming
Peasant agriculture
Peasant class
Public spaces
re-peasantization
Rural areas
Social activism
Social movements
Sustainable agriculture
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Summary:Rural social movements have in recent years adopted agroecology and diversified farming systems as part of their discourse and practice. Here, we situate this phenomenon in the evolving context of rural spaces that are increasingly disputed between agribusiness, together with other corporate land-grabbers, and peasants and their organizations and movements. We use the theoretical frameworks of disputed material and immaterial territories and of re-peasantization to explain the increased emphasis on agroecology by movements in this context. We provide examples from the farmer-to-farmer movement to show the advantages that social movements bring to the table in taking agroecology to scale and discuss the growing agroecology networking process in the transnational peasant and family farmer movementLa Vía Campesina.
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ISSN:1708-3087
1708-3087
DOI:10.5751/es-05000-170317