Transform?...or conform and adjust?

The way forward for agroecology and the transformation of the global industrial agro-food system

Introduction

References

Nourishing the world – The role of smallholders and value chains

Post-industrial agriculture: Competing proposals for the transformation of agriculture

Industrial agriculture – An obsolescent model

Competing concepts of change

The productivist approach

The agroecological approach

References

Reclaiming food systems – Local food systems and access to markets linked to territories

Local food systems and access to markets linked to territories

A transformative agenda for agroecology and local food systems

Conclusion

Reclaiming food systems: Agroecology and trade

WTO rules and food security

Harnessing and modifying international trade rules in support of agroecological production

Strengthening public support for sustainable agriculture

Reducing the excessive dependence on international trade for food security

Conclusion

References

The role of participatory guarantee systems for food security

A rationale for participatory guarantee systems

What PGS are and how they work

PGS and social processes

PGS contributions to food security

Recommendation: supporting PGS can facilitate the potential for agroecology to feed the world

References

The role of livestock in agroecology and sustainable food systems

Livestock in agroecology

Food systems

Policies and strategies

References

Agroecological innovation

Farmers’ agroecological know-how innovation

Organisational innovation across the agro-food chain

References

Smallholders, urban farmers and neo-ruralism

Is there a basis upon which to build new models?

References

About the contributing authors

Hans Rudolf Herren

Angelika Hilbeck

Ulrich Hoffmann

Robert Home

Les Levidow

Adrian Muller

Erin Nelson

Bernadette Oehen

Michel Pimbert

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