Assessing resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions
Guidelines are needed to support research and action on sustainable transitions towards more resilient and adaptable agroecosystems. Here I present an operationable and simple framework with theoretical underpinning to assess to what extent agroecological transitions propend to greater resilience an...
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| description | Guidelines are needed to support research and action on sustainable transitions towards more resilient and adaptable agroecosystems. Here I present an operationable and simple framework with theoretical underpinning to assess to what extent agroecological transitions propend to greater resilience and adaptability. Ecosystems may transition between alternative states defined by their structural and functional characteristics.
Agroecological transitions are a special type of human-mediated transitions in which the various components of the agroecosystem and their interactions are reconfigured through a process of design. The concept of the complex adaptive cycle of social-ecological systems is used to propose a set of 10 criteria to monitor resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions using a system of scores. They comprise: self-regulation, connectivity, functional diversity and redundancy, response diversity, space and time heterogeneity, building of natural capital, social self-organization, reflective learning and human capital, autonomy and local interdependency, and capitalising on local knowledge. The framework is illustrated with an example from Brazil, where national and local level socio-political drivers have supported a 30-year process of agroecological transition. Implications for policy monitoring, research for development and political discourses are discussed. |
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| spelling | INTA76382020-07-29T18:02:18Z Assessing resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Agroecología Agroecosistemas Resiliencia Agroecology Agroecosystems Resilience Modelos de Transición Guidelines are needed to support research and action on sustainable transitions towards more resilient and adaptable agroecosystems. Here I present an operationable and simple framework with theoretical underpinning to assess to what extent agroecological transitions propend to greater resilience and adaptability. Ecosystems may transition between alternative states defined by their structural and functional characteristics. Agroecological transitions are a special type of human-mediated transitions in which the various components of the agroecosystem and their interactions are reconfigured through a process of design. The concept of the complex adaptive cycle of social-ecological systems is used to propose a set of 10 criteria to monitor resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions using a system of scores. They comprise: self-regulation, connectivity, functional diversity and redundancy, response diversity, space and time heterogeneity, building of natural capital, social self-organization, reflective learning and human capital, autonomy and local interdependency, and capitalising on local knowledge. The framework is illustrated with an example from Brazil, where national and local level socio-political drivers have supported a 30-year process of agroecological transition. Implications for policy monitoring, research for development and political discourses are discussed. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Área de Recursos Naturales; Argentina 2020-07-29T17:53:27Z 2020-07-29T17:53:27Z 2020-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7638 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308521X19310091 0308-521X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102862 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Agricultural Systems 184 : 102862 (Septiembre 2020) |
| spellingShingle | Agroecología Agroecosistemas Resiliencia Agroecology Agroecosystems Resilience Modelos de Transición Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Assessing resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions |
| title | Assessing resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions |
| title_full | Assessing resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions |
| title_fullStr | Assessing resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions |
| title_short | Assessing resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions |
| title_sort | assessing resilience and adaptability in agroecological transitions |
| topic | Agroecología Agroecosistemas Resiliencia Agroecology Agroecosystems Resilience Modelos de Transición |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7638 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308521X19310091 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102862 |
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