Emerging responses to the COVID-19 crisis from family farming and the agroecology movement in Latin America

Autor: Pablo Tittonell, V. E. El Mujtar, M. Fernandez, Irene Maria Cardoso, Valeria Esther Alvarez, P. Petersen, M. A. Mendonça, S. Sarapura, Luciana Laborda, G. B. Fernandes, P. V. Preiss
Přispěvatelé: Tittonell group, Stephens, Emma
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Economic growth
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
agroécologie
Collective action
01 natural sciences
Short chains
Family farming
Pandemias
media_common
Informal sector
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Agroecología
Food systems
Psychological resilience
Family Farming
agriculture familiale
media_common.quotation_subject
Vulnerability
Public policy
Food policies
Political science
Agricultura Familiar
Pandemics
Agroecology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
E10 - Économie et politique agricoles
VULNERABILITY
Pandemic
business.industry
stratégie pour faire face à une crise
COVID-19
E80 - Économie familiale et artisanale
FRAMEWORK
Social movement
Politique alimentaire
Agriculture
040103 agronomy & agriculture
Food processing
0401 agriculture
forestry
and fisheries
Animal Science and Zoology
business
Politique agricole
Vulnerabilidad
Agronomy and Crop Science
Zdroj: Agricultural Systems, 190:103098. ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Agricultural Systems
Agricultural Systems 190 : Art:103098 (Mayo 2021)
INTA Digital (INTA)
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
instacron:INTA
ISSN: 0308-521X
Popis: Este trabajo contó con la colaboración de 15 co-autores In Latin America, the so-called informal sector associated with family farming and the agroecology movements were instrumental at coping with and adapting to the COVID-19 challenges. OBJECTIVE: To assess the nature and extent of the early initiatives (first three months) deployed by this informal sector to cope with and adapt to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food production and consumption in several countries of the region. METHODS: We used key used informant consultation (n = 168), an online survey (n = 125) and the detailed characterisation of regional case studies (n = 4). Textual data was analysed and categorised using Reinert’s method, combined with similarity analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: 65% of the initiatives were ‘local’ in terms of geographic reach, 30% of them started within the first month after the pandemic and most of them were urban or urban-rural, whereas only 29% of them were exclusively rural. The analysis of the textual information captured through the survey revealed four major types of initiatives that were deployed or adapted in response to COVID-19: 1. Direct producer-to-consumer food sales, generally existing before the COVID-19 crisis but adapted/ strengthened to cope with it; 2. Short value chains that linked rural and urban organisations and individuals supported by national or local governments, readapted through new health and safety protocols; 3. Newly developed support and training programs on sustainable food production for selfconsumption or local commerce, in rural, urban or peri-urban settings; 4. Food assistance and aid initiatives focusing on vulnerable populations, relying on solidarity networks associated with the agroecological movement. SIGNIFICANCE: The pandemic highlighted the key role played by local food systems and value chains and the need to strengthening them through public policies, as a way to build food resilience in times of crisis. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Universite de Montpellier. Centre de cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement. Agroecologie et Intensification Durable; Francia Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences; Holanda Fil: Fernandez, Manuela Teresa. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Fernandez, Manuela Teresa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Viegas Preiss, Potira. University of Santa Cruz do Sul. Regional Development Posgraduate Program; Brasil Fil: Sapura, Silvia. University of Guelph. School of Environmental Design and Rural Development; Canada Fil: Laborda, Luciana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Laborda, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Mendonça, M.A. Federal University of Viçosa; Brasil Fil: Alvarez, Valeria Esther. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Alvarez, Valeria Esther. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Fernandes, G.B. Centro de Tecnologias Alternativas da Zona da Mata; Brasil Fil: Petersen, Paulo F. AS-PTA Agricultura Familiar e Agroecologia; Brasil Fil: Cardoso, Irene María. Federal University of Viçosa; Brasil
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