Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification
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Against the odds : Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification. / Blesh, Jennifer; Mehrabi, Zia; Wittman, Hannah; Kerr, Rachel Bezner; James, Dana; Madsen, Sidney; Smith, Olivia M.; Snapp, Sieglinde; Stratton, Anne Elise; Bakarr, Mohamed; Bicksler, Abram J.; 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; Rasmussen, Laura Vang; Kremen, Claire.
I: One Earth, Bind 6, Nr. 5, 2023, s. 479-491.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Review › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Against the odds
T2 - Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification
AU - Blesh, Jennifer
AU - Mehrabi, Zia
AU - Wittman, Hannah
AU - Kerr, Rachel Bezner
AU - James, Dana
AU - Madsen, Sidney
AU - Smith, Olivia M.
AU - Snapp, Sieglinde
AU - Stratton, Anne Elise
AU - Bakarr, Mohamed
AU - Bicksler, Abram J.
AU - Galt, Ryan
AU - Garibaldi, Lucas A.
AU - Gemmill-Herren, Barbara
AU - Grass, Ingo
AU - Isaac, Marney E.
AU - John, Innocensia
AU - Jones, Sarah K.
AU - Kennedy, Christina M.
AU - Klassen, Susanna
AU - Levers, Christian
AU - Rasmussen, Laura Vang
AU - Kremen, Claire
N1 - Funding Information: We thank the Stakeholder Advisory Committee helping to guide the research project titled “Can enhancing diversity scale up agriculture’s benefits to people and the environment?”—Chuck Anderas, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Sasha Gennet, Steve Gliessman, Tadesse Gole, Sarah Hargreaves, Ferd Hoefner, Amy Ickowitz, Sean Kearny, Sophia Murphy, Rebecca Nelson, Roseline Remans, Coral Sproule, Mardy Townsend, Jordan Treakle, and Julian Ramirez Villegas—especially for their input to co-design and develop the conceptual framework used in this paper. We also thank three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments that improved the manuscript. This work was supported by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) under funding received from the National Science Foundation DBI-1639145 awarded to Z.M. and C.K. L.V.R. was funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (grant agreement 853222 FORESTDIET ). Funding Information: We thank the Stakeholder Advisory Committee helping to guide the research project titled “Can enhancing diversity scale up agriculture's benefits to people and the environment?”—Chuck Anderas, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Sasha Gennet, Steve Gliessman, Tadesse Gole, Sarah Hargreaves, Ferd Hoefner, Amy Ickowitz, Sean Kearny, Sophia Murphy, Rebecca Nelson, Roseline Remans, Coral Sproule, Mardy Townsend, Jordan Treakle, and Julian Ramirez Villegas—especially for their input to co-design and develop the conceptual framework used in this paper. We also thank three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments that improved the manuscript. This work was supported by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) under funding received from the National Science Foundation DBI-1639145 awarded to Z.M. and C.K. L.V.R. was funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (grant agreement 853222 FORESTDIET). Conceptualization, all authors; methodology, Z.M. and C.K.; visualization, S.M. O.M.S. and J.B. with input from all authors; writing – original draft, J.B. with contributions from H.W. D.J. A.E.S. R.B.K. S.M. S.S. Z.M. C.K. and R.G.; writing – review & editing, all authors. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - biodiversity
KW - conceptual framework
KW - diversified farming system
KW - food security
KW - policy
KW - social-ecological systems
KW - transitions
U2 - 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.03.004
M3 - Review
AN - SCOPUS:85159167609
VL - 6
SP - 479
EP - 491
JO - One Earth
JF - One Earth
SN - 2590-3322
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 347486697