Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification
Farming systems that support locally diverse agricultural production and high levels of biodiversity are in rapid decline, despite evidence of their benefits for climate, environmental health, and food security. Yet, agricultural policies, financial incentives, and market concentration increasingly...
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| author | Blesh, Jennifer Mehrabi, Zia Wittman, Hannah Bezner Kerr, Rachel James, Dana Madsen, Sidney Smith, Olivia M. Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stratton, Anne Elise Bakarr, Abram J. Bicksler, Mohamed Galt, Ryan Garibaldi, Lucas A. Gemmill-Herren, Barbara Grass, Ingo Isaac, Marney E. John, Innocensia Jones, Sarah K. Kennedy, Christina M. Klassen, Susanna Levers, Christian Vang Rasmussen, Laura Kremen, Claire |
| author_browse | Bakarr, Abram J. Bezner Kerr, Rachel Bicksler, Mohamed Blesh, Jennifer Galt, Ryan Garibaldi, Lucas A. Gemmill-Herren, Barbara Grass, Ingo Isaac, Marney E. James, Dana John, Innocensia Jones, Sarah K. Kennedy, Christina M. Klassen, Susanna Kremen, Claire Levers, Christian Madsen, Sidney Mehrabi, Zia Smith, Olivia M. Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stratton, Anne Elise Vang Rasmussen, Laura Wittman, Hannah |
| author_facet | Blesh, Jennifer Mehrabi, Zia Wittman, Hannah Bezner Kerr, Rachel James, Dana Madsen, Sidney Smith, Olivia M. Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stratton, Anne Elise Bakarr, Abram J. Bicksler, Mohamed Galt, Ryan Garibaldi, Lucas A. Gemmill-Herren, Barbara Grass, Ingo Isaac, Marney E. John, Innocensia Jones, Sarah K. Kennedy, Christina M. Klassen, Susanna Levers, Christian Vang Rasmussen, Laura Kremen, Claire |
| author_sort | Blesh, Jennifer |
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| description | Farming systems that support locally diverse agricultural production and high levels of biodiversity are in rapid decline, despite evidence of their benefits for climate, environmental health, and food security. Yet, agricultural policies, financial incentives, and market concentration increasingly constrain the viability of diversified farming systems. Here, we present a conceptual framework to identify novel processes that promote the emergence and sustainability of diversified farming systems, using three real-world examples where farming communities have found pathways to diversification despite major structural constraints. By applying our framework to analyze these bright spots in the United States, Brazil, and Malawi, we identify two distinct pathways—network and institutional—to diversification. These pathways emerge through alignment of factors related to social and ecological structure (policies, institutions, and environmental conditions) and agency (values, collective action, and management decisions). We find that, when network and institutional pathways operate in tandem, the potential to scale up diversification across farms and landscapes increases substantially. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1297832025-11-11T17:41:55Z Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification Blesh, Jennifer Mehrabi, Zia Wittman, Hannah Bezner Kerr, Rachel James, Dana Madsen, Sidney Smith, Olivia M. Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stratton, Anne Elise Bakarr, Abram J. Bicksler, Mohamed Galt, Ryan Garibaldi, Lucas A. Gemmill-Herren, Barbara Grass, Ingo Isaac, Marney E. John, Innocensia Jones, Sarah K. Kennedy, Christina M. Klassen, Susanna Levers, Christian Vang Rasmussen, Laura Kremen, Claire diversification policies institutions networks agrobiodiversity diversificación políticas instituciones Farming systems that support locally diverse agricultural production and high levels of biodiversity are in rapid decline, despite evidence of their benefits for climate, environmental health, and food security. Yet, agricultural policies, financial incentives, and market concentration increasingly constrain the viability of diversified farming systems. Here, we present a conceptual framework to identify novel processes that promote the emergence and sustainability of diversified farming systems, using three real-world examples where farming communities have found pathways to diversification despite major structural constraints. By applying our framework to analyze these bright spots in the United States, Brazil, and Malawi, we identify two distinct pathways—network and institutional—to diversification. These pathways emerge through alignment of factors related to social and ecological structure (policies, institutions, and environmental conditions) and agency (values, collective action, and management decisions). We find that, when network and institutional pathways operate in tandem, the potential to scale up diversification across farms and landscapes increases substantially. 2023-05 2023-03-28T12:34:32Z 2023-03-28T12:34:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129783 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Blesh, J.; Mehrabi, Z.; Wittman, H.; Bezner Kerr, R.; James, D.; Madsen, S.; Smith, O.M.; Snapp, S.; Stratton, A.E.; Bakarr, A.J.; Bicksler, M.; Galt, R.; Garibaldi, L.A.; Gemmill-Herren, B.; Grass, I.; Isaac, M.E.; John, I.; Jones, S.K.; Kennedy, C.M.; Klassen, S.; Levers, C.; Vang Rasmussen, L.; Kremen, C. (2023) Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification. One Earth, 6. In Press (May 19, 2023). 13 p. ISSN: 2590-3330 |
| spellingShingle | diversification policies institutions networks agrobiodiversity diversificación políticas instituciones Blesh, Jennifer Mehrabi, Zia Wittman, Hannah Bezner Kerr, Rachel James, Dana Madsen, Sidney Smith, Olivia M. Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stratton, Anne Elise Bakarr, Abram J. Bicksler, Mohamed Galt, Ryan Garibaldi, Lucas A. Gemmill-Herren, Barbara Grass, Ingo Isaac, Marney E. John, Innocensia Jones, Sarah K. Kennedy, Christina M. Klassen, Susanna Levers, Christian Vang Rasmussen, Laura Kremen, Claire Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification |
| title | Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification |
| title_full | Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification |
| title_fullStr | Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification |
| title_short | Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification |
| title_sort | against the odds network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification |
| topic | diversification policies institutions networks agrobiodiversity diversificación políticas instituciones |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129783 |
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