12 articles in this issue
Osvaldo Salazar,Claudia Rojas,Cecilia Baginsky,Sofía Boza,Gabriela Lankin,Andrés Muñoz-Sáez,Jorge F. Pérez-Quezada,Ricardo Pertuzé,Leah L.R. Renwick,András Székács,Miguel Altieri
Environmental and social crises in agriculture have led to growing recognition that more ecologically sustainable and socially just food and agricultural systems are needed. This thematic number of the International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Reso... see more
Paola Migliorini,Paolo Bàrberi,Stéphane Bellon,Tommaso Gaifami,Vassilis D. Gkisakis,Alain Peeters,Alexander Wezel
Seven potential controversial topics in agroecology are presented and discussed from a European perspective comparing the position of Agroecology Europe (AEEU) obtained from an iterative, participatory approach with members and compared with published lit... see more
Erik Steen Jensen,Iman R. Chongtham,Nawa R. Dhamala,Carolina Rodriguez,Nicolas Carton,Georg Carlsson
Cropping system diversification is a key factor in developing more sustainable cropping and food systems. The agroecological practice of intercropping, meaning the simultaneous cultivation of two or more species in the same field, has recen... see more
Manuel González de Molina
There is a growing consensus that the dominant food regime is not viable and that there is a serious risk of food collapse. Building a food system based on sustainability is therefore an urgent task. For years, agroecology has been developi... see more
Miguel A. Altieri,Clara Nicholls
The multiple crises facing humanity at the onset of the Anthropocene are creating a moment in which agroecology acquires greater relevance as an alternative approach for meeting sustainable development goals and providing guidelines for the... see more
András Székács,Péter Roszík,Katalin Balázs,László Podmaniczky,Apolka Ujj
Agroecology initiatives were first implemented within Central and Eastern Europe in Hungary in the 1980s in response to the environmental and ecological problems of intensive, agrochemical-based agricultural technology. The agroecology sector ha... see more
Hannah Wittman,Dana James,Zia Mehrabi
Agroecology, as a science, practice, and social movement, has been posed as a potential pathway to revitalize global food systems through a shift towards social and ecological justice. Complex and diversified agroecological systems vary wid... see more
Damien Field
Soil security is an emerging multidisciplinary concept that provides a framework with the potential to support the sustainability of the agri-food sector while simultaneously supporting the other functions that soil provides. This framework ... see more
Manuel Casanova,Berthin Ticona,Osvaldo Salazar,Eduardo Gratacós,Marco Pfeiffer,Gonzalo Ávila,Yasna Tapia,Oscar Seguel,Carlo Sabaini
A number of agroecological practices have been proposed for assessing soil quality. Several physical soil properties have been shown to be important for determining soil quality by using the sustainability index (SI) and the cumulative rating ap... see more
Charles Francis,Anna Marie Nicolaysen,Geir Lieblein,Tor Arvid Breland
Educational methods have evolved rapidly in agroecology, which is a complex and holistic field without a long history or the formal tradition of any single academic discipline. Definitions of agroecology have evolved from its initial conception ... see more
Walter Rossing,Annemarie Groot Kormelinck,Florencia Alliaume,Santiago Dogliotti,Jessica Duncan,Carlos Huenchuleo,Laurens Klerkx,Jacques Trienekens,Daniel Gaitán-Cremaschi
To operate within the safe and just operating space captured by the doughnut metaphor, sustainability transitions are needed in the food system. Niche food systems with highly distinct practices and organization constitute a treasure chest of alternatives... see more
Violeta Romero,Tania Zaviezo,Audrey Grez
Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) has invaded most continents in the world, including South America. In Chile, it became invasive after 2010, turning into a dominant species in coccinellid guilds in alfalfa crops, where it coexists with the introduced&... see more