Agroecology and the reconstruction of a post-COVID-19 agriculture. Issue 5 (28th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Altieri, Miguel A.; Nicholls, Clara I.
• Is Part Of: Journal of peasant studies. Volume 47:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 881
• Page End: 898
• Publication Date: 2020-07-28
• Subjects: Agroecology -- COVID-19 -- vulnerability -- equitable food systems -- resilience; Peasantry -- Periodicals; Sociology, Rural -- Periodicals; Rural development -- Periodicals; 305.563305
• DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2020.1782891
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-6150

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 crisis has created a moment where existing calls for agroecology acquire new relevance. Agroecology provides a path to reconstruct a post-COVID-19 agriculture, one that is able to avoid widespread disruptions of food supplies in the future by territorializing food production and consumption. There are five main areas in which agroecology can point the way to a new post-COVID-19 agriculture: overcoming the pesticide treadmill, enriching nature's matrix, revitalizing small farms, creating alternative animal production systems and enhancing urban agriculture.