Building Bio-Districts or Eco-Regions: Participative Processes Supported by Focal Groups
Autor: | Helena Correia, Cristina Amaro da Costa, Raquel S. Dias, Daniela Costa |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cilento
Organic farming 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Guiding Principles Agriculture (General) Population Plant Science 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences S1-972 organic farming education Environmental planning Agroecology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences education.field_of_study focal groups business.industry sustainable territory Sustainable territory Agro‐ecological practices Focus group Focal groups Agriculture agro-ecological practices Food systems Rural area business Agronomy and Crop Science Tourism Food Science |
Zdroj: | Agriculture, Vol 11, Iss 511, p 511 (2021) Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Agriculture Volume 11 Issue 6 |
ISSN: | 2077-0472 |
Popis: | Over the years, rural areas have faced a number of problems and difficulties, such as an increase in the average age of the population, desertification, loss of employment and the abandon‐ ment of rural and agricultural activities, which have led to the emergence of new initiatives aimed at revitalizing these territories from a social, economic and environmental perspective, such as the successful Bio‐districts or Eco‐regions (e.g., Bio‐district of Cilento). Understanding and establishing a proper framework for each territory based on agroecology and participatory methodologies is still a challenge. In this sense, based on the analysis of two European examples—Cilento, Italy and São Pedro do Sul, Portugal—we described each of the building processes and defined a set of drivers that might constitute guiding principles to serve as a basis for the creation of Bio‐districts or Eco‐ regions. The drivers’ matrix identified was discussed in three focus groups carried out in Portugal in 2020. Such drivers included a technical and environmental component (the quality of the envi‐ ronment and landscape, the food system and the implementation of organic farming and agroeco‐ logical practices), a social and economic component (valorization of the farmers, products and ter‐ ritories and a set of different stakeholders—farmers, consumers, schools, tourism entities and res‐ taurants, local authorities) and a political component (the governance model). Most participants agreed that the recognition of a Bio‐district or Eco‐region should be informal, bottom‐up, with farm‐ ers as the main pillar, with a fair and representative participation, namely family farmers. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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