Organic Agroforestry Long-Term Field Experiment Designing Trough Actors’ Knowledge towards Food System Sustainability
| Autor: | Stefano Canali, Filippo Ferlito, Ileana Iocola, Corrado Ciaccia, Elena Testani, Mariangela Diacono, Giuseppe Mele, Alessandro Persiani, Angelo Fiore, Roberta Farina, Francesco Montemurro, Danilo Ceccarelli, Marcello Cutuli, Marta Di Pierro |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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agroecology
Process (engineering) Geography Planning and Development organic agriculture Participatory action research TJ807-830 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Living lab Sustainable agriculture GE1-350 system redesign Environmental planning Agroecology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences participatory action research Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Stakeholder 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Building and Construction living lab Environmental sciences Sustainability 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Food systems Business long-term experiment |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 5532, p 5532 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 10 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | The implementation of agroecology principles within organic farming research is a crux to redesign sustainable agri-food systems. To govern this transition, the local research demand should be addressed by direct engagement of all stakeholders in the research process. The first step is the involvement of farmers and technicians, with the aim of restoring their decision-making role, switching governance to local scale. The co-design/co-management of Long-Term Experiments (LTEs) can be crucial to govern the above-described transition through networking and participatory activities. In this study, we report the experience of co-designing a new LTE in Southern Italy by local actors and scientists. Through a participatory action research methodology, an LTE was considered as a biophysical component of an agroecological living lab, a public–private environment aimed to design a local food system. The setup of parallel field trials in satellite farms stands for the other biophysical component, whereas the stakeholder platform represents the social one. Through definition of common objectives, a step-by-step process is presented, which highlights the interest of local organic actors to share ideas and perspectives for the territory, pointing out the inclusion of end-users (the consumers) in the process to complete the transition to sustainable food systems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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