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Organization and Social Process in Bringing Agroecology to Scale
The document discusses the advantages of agroecology over industrial agriculture, emphasizing its benefits for local communities, climate resilience, and biodiversity. It highlights the importance of social organization, particularly through peasant and family farmer movements, in scaling agroecology practices. Key factors for success include horizontal social processes, effective farming practices, political support, and strong local leaders.
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Organization and Social Process in Bringing Agroecology to Scale
- 1. Organization and Social Process in Bringing Agroecology to Scale Peter Rosset, Ph.D., El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Mexico, & La Vía Campesina International
- 2. Peasant and familyfarm based agroecology has many advantages compared to industrial agriculture: • Healthy food for local people • Rural livelihoods and cultures • Resilience to climate and other shocks • Lower greenhouse gas emissions • Lower production costs, less indebtedness • Better stewardship of productive resources & biodiversity • Greater autonomy and less external dependence • Etc.
- 12. Andres has recovered,multiplies, and shares 128 varieties of beans (ANAP Cuba)
- 13. But a majorchallenge remains: How to bring agroecology to scale …such that it is practiced by ever more families, over ever larger territories
- 14. Scaling up andscaling out key roles for peasant and family farmer organizations and social movements
- 15. “Campesino a Campesino”(farmer to farmer) is an illustrative example MEXICO
- 16. Social organization (“organicity”)is the culture medium on which agroecology grows and spreads. Horizontal, social process methodology that builds peasant protagonism is the driving force. The global agroecology process in la Via Campesina is based on horizontal exchanges and includes more than 40 peasant and farmer agroecology schools
- 17. Factors in AchievingScale • Social organization – social movements • Horizontal social process methodology and pedagogy • Peasant protagonism • Farming practices that work • Motivating discourse and framing • Political opportunity • External allies • Charismatic leaders, local champions, etc. • Favorable markets • Favorable public policies
- 18. Emblematic Examples from La Via Campesina
- 19. Korea – WooriTeot Bat
- 22. India Zero BudgetNatural Farming movement (ZNBF)
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- 25. Zimbabwe: Land Reform& Agroecology
- 27. Guatemala: birthplace of“campesino a campesino”
- 29. CUBA: Pinacle ofcampesino a campesino
- 30. Growth in Cuba Number of Families
- 32. Factors in AchievingScale • Social organization – social movements • Horizontal social process methodology and pedagogy • Peasant protagonism • Farming practices that work • Motivating discourse and framing • Political opportunity • External allies • Charismatic leaders, local champions, etc. • Favorable markets • Favorable public policies
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