Toward a feminist agroecology

Agroecology is gaining ground as a movement, science, and set of practices designed to advance a food systems transformation which subverts the patterns of farmer exploitation currently entrenched in dominant agricultural models. In order for agroecology to achieve its espoused twin aims of social a...

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Autores principales: Zaremba, Haley, Elias, Marlène, Rietveld, Anne M., Bergamini, Nadia
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116247
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author Zaremba, Haley
Elias, Marlène
Rietveld, Anne M.
Bergamini, Nadia
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description Agroecology is gaining ground as a movement, science, and set of practices designed to advance a food systems transformation which subverts the patterns of farmer exploitation currently entrenched in dominant agricultural models. In order for agroecology to achieve its espoused twin aims of social and ecological wellbeing, women and other historically marginalized stakeholders must be empowered and centered as the movement’s protagonists. The importance of gender and social considerations is not limited to patently social aspects of the agroecological agenda, but bears relevance in every dimension of agroecology. Yet, issues related to gender have commanded relatively little attention in the agroeocological literature. In this paper, we review HLPE’s 13 defining principles of agroecology through a feminist lens to demonstrate the ways in which human dimensions and power dynamics are interwoven in every principle. Through this analysis, we demonstrate that a feminist approach is instrumental to establish a socially just and ecologically sustainable agroecological transition.
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spelling CGSpace1162472025-11-11T18:47:25Z Toward a feminist agroecology Zaremba, Haley Elias, Marlène Rietveld, Anne M. Bergamini, Nadia agroecology gender equality food sovereignty social equality agroecología igualdad de género soberanía alimentaria Agroecology is gaining ground as a movement, science, and set of practices designed to advance a food systems transformation which subverts the patterns of farmer exploitation currently entrenched in dominant agricultural models. In order for agroecology to achieve its espoused twin aims of social and ecological wellbeing, women and other historically marginalized stakeholders must be empowered and centered as the movement’s protagonists. The importance of gender and social considerations is not limited to patently social aspects of the agroecological agenda, but bears relevance in every dimension of agroecology. Yet, issues related to gender have commanded relatively little attention in the agroeocological literature. In this paper, we review HLPE’s 13 defining principles of agroecology through a feminist lens to demonstrate the ways in which human dimensions and power dynamics are interwoven in every principle. Through this analysis, we demonstrate that a feminist approach is instrumental to establish a socially just and ecologically sustainable agroecological transition. 2021-10-12 2021-11-24T15:23:59Z 2021-11-24T15:23:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116247 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Zaremba, H.; Elias, M.; Rietveld, A.; Bergamini, N. (2021) Toward a feminist agroecology. Sustainability 13(20): 1244. 17 p. ISSN: 2071-1050
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gender equality
food sovereignty
social equality
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igualdad de género
soberanía alimentaria
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Elias, Marlène
Rietveld, Anne M.
Bergamini, Nadia
Toward a feminist agroecology
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title_full Toward a feminist agroecology
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title_full_unstemmed Toward a feminist agroecology
title_short Toward a feminist agroecology
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topic agroecology
gender equality
food sovereignty
social equality
agroecología
igualdad de género
soberanía alimentaria
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