Conveners
On-farm changes to support agro-ecological transitions: profitability and motivation
- Timothy Green
- Toni Klemm
The agricultural sector has experienced significant changes over time. The current issue lies not only in enhancing its economic and productive performance but also in safeguarding the environment. Thus, the interest of this work that investigates ways to balance farmers’ profitability with environmental preservation and food supply goals. Our contribution to the academic literature is...
1.Introduction
West Africa, the primary cocoa-producing region globally, has experienced significant deforestation over the past decades, largely attributed to the expansion of cocoa cultivation by small-scale farmers. Farming cocoa represents generally the main source of income for farmers (Sonwa et al., 2019). In efforts to restore forest cover, states have implemented large-scale...
In a context of agro-ecological transition, territorialization of food systems and adaptation to climate change, new agricultural products are increasingly appearing in areas where they were not historically present. These new productions may particularly rely on consumer preferences for geographical proximity and strong territorial identity (Atallah et al. 2021). They represent an opportunity...
Cooperation in rural areas has become an important research objective in recent years. As part of efforts to revitalize rural areas, researchers have often examined the economic and environmental dimensions of cooperation. Agricultural economists have emphasized the importance of farmers’ market cooperation in reducing costs and increasing the competitiveness of family farms in the food supply...
In the Amazon agricultural is a major driver of deforestation and losses of biodiversity.. Understanding farm trajectories may provide insights into new pathways for the development of sustainable territories.
This research conducted in the pioneer fronts of Guaviare and Paragominas aims to explore the contributions of different farm trajectories to the establishment of sustainable...
