Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy Design

There is a concern that agriculture will no longer be able to meet, on a global scale, the growing demand for food. Facing such a challenge requires new patterns of thinking in the context of complexity and sustainability sciences. This paper, focused on the social dimension of the study and managem...

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Autores: Rivera-Ferre, Marta G., Ortega Cerdà, Miquel, Baumgärtner, Johann
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2013
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palavra-chave:Complex Socio-ecological Systems
Constructivism
Realism
Pragmatism
Food security
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spelling Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy DesignRivera-Ferre, Marta G.Ortega Cerdà, MiquelBaumgärtner, JohannComplex Socio-ecological SystemsConstructivismRealismPragmatismFood securityjel:O13jel:Q0There is a concern that agriculture will no longer be able to meet, on a global scale, the growing demand for food. Facing such a challenge requires new patterns of thinking in the context of complexity and sustainability sciences. This paper, focused on the social dimension of the study and management of agricultural systems, suggests that rethinking the study of agricultural systems entails analyzing them as complex socio-ecological systems, as well as considering the differing thinking patterns of diverse stakeholders. The intersubjective nature of knowledge, as studied by different philosophical schools, needs to be better integrated into the study and management of agricultural systems than it is done so far, forcing us to accept that there are no simplistic solutions, and to seek a better understanding of the social dimension of agriculture. Different agriculture related problems require different policy and institutional approaches. Finally, the intersubjective nature of knowledge asks for the visualization of different framings and the power relations taking place in the decision-making process. Rethinking management of agricultural systems implies that policy making should be shaped by different principles: learning, flexibility, adaptation, scale-matching, participation, diversity enhancement and precaution hold the promise to significantly improve current standard management procedures.Peer reviewedMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute202220222013info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/279664reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.3390/su5093858Noinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2796642026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy Design
spellingShingle Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy Design
Rivera-Ferre, Marta G.
Complex Socio-ecological Systems
Constructivism
Realism
Pragmatism
Food security
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title_short Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy Design
title_full Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy Design
title_fullStr Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy Design
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy Design
title_sort Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy Design
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rivera-Ferre, Marta G.
Ortega Cerdà, Miquel
Baumgärtner, Johann
author Rivera-Ferre, Marta G.
author_facet Rivera-Ferre, Marta G.
Ortega Cerdà, Miquel
Baumgärtner, Johann
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Baumgärtner, Johann
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Complex Socio-ecological Systems
Constructivism
Realism
Pragmatism
Food security
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topic Complex Socio-ecological Systems
Constructivism
Realism
Pragmatism
Food security
jel:O13
jel:Q0
description There is a concern that agriculture will no longer be able to meet, on a global scale, the growing demand for food. Facing such a challenge requires new patterns of thinking in the context of complexity and sustainability sciences. This paper, focused on the social dimension of the study and management of agricultural systems, suggests that rethinking the study of agricultural systems entails analyzing them as complex socio-ecological systems, as well as considering the differing thinking patterns of diverse stakeholders. The intersubjective nature of knowledge, as studied by different philosophical schools, needs to be better integrated into the study and management of agricultural systems than it is done so far, forcing us to accept that there are no simplistic solutions, and to seek a better understanding of the social dimension of agriculture. Different agriculture related problems require different policy and institutional approaches. Finally, the intersubjective nature of knowledge asks for the visualization of different framings and the power relations taking place in the decision-making process. Rethinking management of agricultural systems implies that policy making should be shaped by different principles: learning, flexibility, adaptation, scale-matching, participation, diversity enhancement and precaution hold the promise to significantly improve current standard management procedures.
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