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Beyond institutional bricolage : an 'intertwining approach' to understanding the transition towards agroecology in Peru

S. Marco De La Cruz and Joost Dessein (UGent)
(2021) ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS. 187.
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Empirical evidence increasingly suggests that while the uptake of agroecology brings significant benefits to ecosystems, health, and communities, yet achieving a transition towards agroecology can still be complicated. In this article we contribute to this literature by offering a power-sensitive analysis of the transition towards agroecology. We build on insights from critical institutionalism and introduce a complementary analytical view for examining the institutional arena in which actors' interactions influence individual decisions to adopt agroecological practices. We label this bundle of interactions as 'intertwined relations'. Our empirical data is drawn from a study of a program in rural villages in Peru, designed to encourage farmers to take up agroecology. Our case study demonstrates that the local dynamics influenced agricultural transition and that their evolution exposed more complex mechanisms of power-play in farmers' interactions. We identify two power-play mechanisms that influenced farmers' decisions to adopt agroecological practices: copying and learning - which entails learning from peer farmers with more resources before adopting an agroecological production model, and the manageability of the risks - which was adopted as a strategy for managing the multiple risks of adopting agroecology, and aligning their economic and social interests with those of the agroecology programs.
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Agriculture transition, Agroecology, Critical institutionalism, Power relations, Intertwined relations, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, POWER, PRINCIPLES, COMMUNITY, PAYMENTS, PEASANT, STATE, GAPS

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De La Cruz, S. Marco, and Joost Dessein. “Beyond Institutional Bricolage : An ‘intertwining Approach’ to Understanding the Transition towards Agroecology in Peru.” ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, vol. 187, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107091.
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De La Cruz, S. M., & Dessein, J. (2021). Beyond institutional bricolage : an “intertwining approach” to understanding the transition towards agroecology in Peru. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, 187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107091
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De La Cruz, S. Marco, and Joost Dessein. 2021. “Beyond Institutional Bricolage : An ‘intertwining Approach’ to Understanding the Transition towards Agroecology in Peru.” ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107091.
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De La Cruz, S. Marco, and Joost Dessein. 2021. “Beyond Institutional Bricolage : An ‘intertwining Approach’ to Understanding the Transition towards Agroecology in Peru.” ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 187. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107091.
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De La Cruz SM, Dessein J. Beyond institutional bricolage : an “intertwining approach” to understanding the transition towards agroecology in Peru. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS. 2021;187.
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S. M. De La Cruz and J. Dessein, “Beyond institutional bricolage : an ‘intertwining approach’ to understanding the transition towards agroecology in Peru,” ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, vol. 187, 2021.
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