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Agroecology and sustainable livelihoods: Towards an integrated approach to rural development

Agroecology and SL studies are multi-disciplinary development schools that investigate the contexts and struggles of the rural poor in making a living under various adverse conditions. Both schools have made critical strides in rural development by promoting people- centered approaches. However, these two vital approaches to rural development have cut across each other based solely upon a loose combination of […]

RELATION BETWEEN INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE AGRO-FOOD SYSTEM

This review paper explores the complexity of relation between innovation and sustainability and relates it to the agro-food arena. Many scholars argue that meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires major transformation in modes of innovation. As for the agro-food system, relationship between innovation and sustainability is far from straightforward. Innovation (especially technical one) provides a fertile ground for alternative […]

Agroecologically efficient agricultural systems for smallholder farmers: contributions to food sovereignty

The realization of the contribution of peasant agriculture to food security in the midst of scenarios of climate change, economic and energy crisis, led to the concepts of food sovereignty and agroecologically based production systems to gain much attention in the developing world in the last two decades. New approaches and technologies involving application of blended modern agricultural science and […]