Exploring the contradictions of scaling: action plans foragroecological transition in metropolitan environments

When public administrations promote agroecological transitionprocesses there is a risk that these be conventionalized and co-opted. However there is a notable lack of research on the adop-tion of participatory approaches to processes of agroecologicaltransition, especially in larger territories. Thi...

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Autores: López-García, Daniel, García García, Verónica, Sampedro Ortega, Yolanda, Pomar León, Ariadna, Tendero Acín, Guillem, Sastre Morató, Annaïs, Correro Humanes, Ana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/334898
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/334898
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agroecological transition
Local agroecological dynamization
Sustainable food systems
Participatory action-reseach
Spain
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Sumario:When public administrations promote agroecological transitionprocesses there is a risk that these be conventionalized and co-opted. However there is a notable lack of research on the adop-tion of participatory approaches to processes of agroecologicaltransition, especially in larger territories. This article analyzestwo case studies in which territorial Action Plans for agroecolo-gical transition have been co-produced through participatoryprocesses in metropolitan areas of the Spanish State. Analysis ofthese two cases leads us to outline a series of significant factorsthat may serve to adapt the methodological approach of LocalAgroecological Dynamization to different contexts. We alsopoint out some contradictions inherent to participatory pro-cesses for agroecological transitions promoted by the adminis-tration, in regards to the conflictive dialectics among top-downand bottom-up processes, and to the weakness of agroecology-oriented farmers in metropolitan environments. Finally, we pro-pose some efforts to overcome these contradictions.