Scaling up Agroecology Through Market Systems
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Authors
Chris Henderson
Jonathan Casey
Issue Date
11/09/2015
Type
Language
en
Keywords
Agriculture , Food
Alternative Title
Abstract
To eradicate extreme poverty means focusing on the 500 million smallholders so they can reliably generate more food and income from their agricultural activities. This paper uses the three pillars of Technology Justice (access, local innovation, and sustainable use of technologies) to assess the range of agricultural development pathways available. Agroecology emerges as the strongest pathway for leaving no one behind and meeting the triple challenge of productivity, sustainability and poverty eradication, as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals. This policy briefing presents existing evidence and research in agroecology alongside case studies of successful initiatives with scalable potential, particularly where market systems are at the core of development practices. Considering the barriers to scaling up agroecology, the paper recommends that development actors work together to identify incentives to enable systemic change, through facilitating market systems and private-sector engagement in agroecological production and value chains.
Description
Using Technology Justice in agriculture to leave no one behind. This is the third paper in the Technology Justice Briefing Series.
Citation
Henderson, C. and Casey, J. (2015) ‘Scaling up agroecology through market systems: using technology justice to leave no one behind in agriculture’, Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing, <http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/ 9781780446554>
Publisher
Practical Action
License
All Rights Reserved
Journal
Technology Justice Policy Briefing