TY - JOUR
T1 - Delineating the multifunctional role of agroecological practices
T2 - Toward sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers in developing countries
AU - Amekawa, Yuichiro
AU - Sseguya, Haroon
AU - Onzere, Sheila
AU - Carranza, Ignacio
PY - 2010/2/1
Y1 - 2010/2/1
N2 - Agroecological practices have increasingly been recognized as major development alternatives that could ensure rural people's basic needs while enhancing the ecological capacities grounding their livelihoods. This paper explores the multifaceted dimensions of agroecological practices that could potentially address the compelling livelihood necessities of less advantaged smallholder farmers in developing countries. It is argued that, despite its claim to uphold interdisciplinary approaches, agroecology as a scientific discipline has originally been led by ecologists and agronomists, with interdisciplinary collaboration largely limited to anthropologists. The concept of agricultural multifunctionality is proposed to help address the existing limitations in agroecology and thus overcome the conventional chasm between ecological research and social realities in agroecology-based development.
AB - Agroecological practices have increasingly been recognized as major development alternatives that could ensure rural people's basic needs while enhancing the ecological capacities grounding their livelihoods. This paper explores the multifaceted dimensions of agroecological practices that could potentially address the compelling livelihood necessities of less advantaged smallholder farmers in developing countries. It is argued that, despite its claim to uphold interdisciplinary approaches, agroecology as a scientific discipline has originally been led by ecologists and agronomists, with interdisciplinary collaboration largely limited to anthropologists. The concept of agricultural multifunctionality is proposed to help address the existing limitations in agroecology and thus overcome the conventional chasm between ecological research and social realities in agroecology-based development.
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U2 - 10.1080/10440040903433079
DO - 10.1080/10440040903433079
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:75649127945
VL - 34
SP - 202
EP - 228
JO - Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
JF - Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
SN - 2168-3565
IS - 2
ER -