Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime?
Agroecology started to amplify agroecology in Nicaragua in the 1980s and was translated into national policy in 2011. Using the Multi-Level Perspective on sustainability transitions (MLP), this paper explores whether the rise of agroecology has fundamentally transformed Nicaragua’s agri-food system....
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| author | Schiller, Katharina J.F. Godek, Wendy Klerkx, Laurens Poortvliet, P. Marijn |
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| description | Agroecology started to amplify agroecology in Nicaragua in the 1980s and was translated into national policy in 2011. Using the Multi-Level Perspective on sustainability transitions (MLP), this paper explores whether the rise of agroecology has fundamentally transformed Nicaragua’s agri-food system. Drawing on the findings of a qualitative study including a range of agroecological actors and organizations, we create a rich innovation history timeline of Nicaragua’s agroecology development at different levels – the agroecological niche (space in which heterogenous actors nurture innovations) and the regime (dominant agri-food system paradigm). MLP analysis is used to explore the extent to which agroecology’s growth has transformed the national agri-food regime. We find that although the term ‘agroecology’ is used widely by government, incentives for transitions to agroecology are only weakly implemented. This stems partly from the co-optation of the agroecological niche’s discourse by regime actors. Currently, it seems the transition process is not a reconfiguration of the agri-food system, but rather that agroecology has been added to the regime without deeper changes. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1040432025-03-13T09:45:05Z Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime? Schiller, Katharina J.F. Godek, Wendy Klerkx, Laurens Poortvliet, P. Marijn food systems agroecology sustainability nicaragua Agroecology started to amplify agroecology in Nicaragua in the 1980s and was translated into national policy in 2011. Using the Multi-Level Perspective on sustainability transitions (MLP), this paper explores whether the rise of agroecology has fundamentally transformed Nicaragua’s agri-food system. Drawing on the findings of a qualitative study including a range of agroecological actors and organizations, we create a rich innovation history timeline of Nicaragua’s agroecology development at different levels – the agroecological niche (space in which heterogenous actors nurture innovations) and the regime (dominant agri-food system paradigm). MLP analysis is used to explore the extent to which agroecology’s growth has transformed the national agri-food regime. We find that although the term ‘agroecology’ is used widely by government, incentives for transitions to agroecology are only weakly implemented. This stems partly from the co-optation of the agroecological niche’s discourse by regime actors. Currently, it seems the transition process is not a reconfiguration of the agri-food system, but rather that agroecology has been added to the regime without deeper changes. 2019-09-24 2019-10-10T16:37:01Z 2019-10-10T16:37:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104043 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Schiller, Katharina; Godek, Wendy; Klerkx, Laurens & Poortvliet, Marijn (2019). Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime?. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems , 1-19 p. |
| spellingShingle | food systems agroecology sustainability nicaragua Schiller, Katharina J.F. Godek, Wendy Klerkx, Laurens Poortvliet, P. Marijn Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime? |
| title | Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime? |
| title_full | Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime? |
| title_fullStr | Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime? |
| title_short | Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime? |
| title_sort | nicaragua s agroecological transition transformation or reconfiguration of the agri food regime |
| topic | food systems agroecology sustainability nicaragua |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104043 |
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