From local initiatives to coalitions for an effective agroecology strategy: Lessons from South Africa
Agroecological food system transformation remains marginal in South Africa despite numerous policies, plans and programmes favouring sustainable agriculture. Problems of weak budgets, fragmented interventions and lack of coordination reflect the power dynamics in the prevailing food system, dominated by large-scale conventional agriculture and agribusiness. The paper provides an in-depth case study of the importance of promoting agroecological transitions. Following a qualitative research methodology based on a literature review for context, preparatory discussions with local contact points, and semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with local actors in the field, the paper describes, analyses and characterises the agroecological transitions in the Overberg District in the Western Cape. It considers the broader policy, discursive and organisational landscape of agroecology followed by an in-depth analysis of the site drawing on key informant interviews and focus group discussions. The results demonstrate that local stakeholders are positioned to better connect food and nutrition issues with human health, biodiversity, climate change, natural resource management, and local development. As a result, transformative dynamics could emerge from local projects and programmes. Several lessons and recommendations are drawn to contribute to the policy debate. These highlight the potential of multi-actor coalitions which can develop from specific agroecological initiatives and activate positive dynamics, bringing in multiple interventions of municipalities.
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dig-cirad-fr-6079112024-02-16T09:26:31Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/607911/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/607911/ From local initiatives to coalitions for an effective agroecology strategy: Lessons from South Africa. Greenberg Stephen, Drimie Scott, Losch Bruno, May Julian. 2023. Sustainability, 15 (21):15521, 15 p.https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115521 <https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115521> From local initiatives to coalitions for an effective agroecology strategy: Lessons from South Africa Greenberg, Stephen Drimie, Scott Losch, Bruno May, Julian eng 2023 Sustainability E90 - Structure agraire F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture agroécologie systèmes alimentaires gestion des ressources naturelles sécurité alimentaire systèmes agroalimentaires agriculture durable politique agricole diversification politique alimentaire conservation de la diversité biologique agroécosystème développement durable politique de développement durabilité http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92381 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_bea5db85 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000115 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10967 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_40cb9134 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33561 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_201 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2344 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3023 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33955 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36669 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35332 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2228 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33560 Afrique du Sud http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7252 Agroecological food system transformation remains marginal in South Africa despite numerous policies, plans and programmes favouring sustainable agriculture. Problems of weak budgets, fragmented interventions and lack of coordination reflect the power dynamics in the prevailing food system, dominated by large-scale conventional agriculture and agribusiness. The paper provides an in-depth case study of the importance of promoting agroecological transitions. Following a qualitative research methodology based on a literature review for context, preparatory discussions with local contact points, and semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with local actors in the field, the paper describes, analyses and characterises the agroecological transitions in the Overberg District in the Western Cape. It considers the broader policy, discursive and organisational landscape of agroecology followed by an in-depth analysis of the site drawing on key informant interviews and focus group discussions. The results demonstrate that local stakeholders are positioned to better connect food and nutrition issues with human health, biodiversity, climate change, natural resource management, and local development. As a result, transformative dynamics could emerge from local projects and programmes. Several lessons and recommendations are drawn to contribute to the policy debate. These highlight the potential of multi-actor coalitions which can develop from specific agroecological initiatives and activate positive dynamics, bringing in multiple interventions of municipalities. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/607911/1/sustainability-15-15521.pdf text cc_by info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115521 0.3390/su152115521 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/0.3390/su152115521 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115521 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/////(FRA) Transitions to Agroecological Food Systems/TAFS |
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Agroecological food system transformation remains marginal in South Africa despite numerous policies, plans and programmes favouring sustainable agriculture. Problems of weak budgets, fragmented interventions and lack of coordination reflect the power dynamics in the prevailing food system, dominated by large-scale conventional agriculture and agribusiness. The paper provides an in-depth case study of the importance of promoting agroecological transitions. Following a qualitative research methodology based on a literature review for context, preparatory discussions with local contact points, and semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with local actors in the field, the paper describes, analyses and characterises the agroecological transitions in the Overberg District in the Western Cape. It considers the broader policy, discursive and organisational landscape of agroecology followed by an in-depth analysis of the site drawing on key informant interviews and focus group discussions. The results demonstrate that local stakeholders are positioned to better connect food and nutrition issues with human health, biodiversity, climate change, natural resource management, and local development. As a result, transformative dynamics could emerge from local projects and programmes. Several lessons and recommendations are drawn to contribute to the policy debate. These highlight the potential of multi-actor coalitions which can develop from specific agroecological initiatives and activate positive dynamics, bringing in multiple interventions of municipalities. |
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E90 - Structure agraire F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture agroécologie systèmes alimentaires gestion des ressources naturelles sécurité alimentaire systèmes agroalimentaires agriculture durable politique agricole diversification politique alimentaire conservation de la diversité biologique agroécosystème développement durable politique de développement durabilité http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92381 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_bea5db85 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000115 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10967 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_40cb9134 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33561 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_201 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2344 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3023 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33955 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36669 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35332 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2228 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33560 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7252 |
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Greenberg, Stephen Drimie, Scott Losch, Bruno May, Julian |
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Greenberg, Stephen Drimie, Scott Losch, Bruno May, Julian |
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From local initiatives to coalitions for an effective agroecology strategy: Lessons from South Africa |
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From local initiatives to coalitions for an effective agroecology strategy: Lessons from South Africa |
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From local initiatives to coalitions for an effective agroecology strategy: Lessons from South Africa |
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From local initiatives to coalitions for an effective agroecology strategy: Lessons from South Africa |
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From local initiatives to coalitions for an effective agroecology strategy: Lessons from South Africa |
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from local initiatives to coalitions for an effective agroecology strategy: lessons from south africa |
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