When Markets Make Agroecologies: Empirical Evidence from Downstream and Upstream Markets in Argentina, Brazil and France
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Markets for agroecological food and inputs are actively shaping ecological forms of agriculture. The processes that set up these two sets of markets, both upstream and downstream of farms, have an impact on agricultural systems and practices. To defend this thesis, we introduce results from ongoing studies over the past fifteen years of different forms of agroecology in France, Argentina, and Brazil. Without intending to be exhaustive, our examples focus on the effects of certification systems, marketing infrastructures, and companies’ strategies. The article also demonstrates the role of the State in the political construction of these markets and, therefore, in the shaping of agroecologies.JEL Codes: O30, O13, Q13
DOI: 10.3917/jie.pr1.0146
Institutions: Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Innovation and Development in Agriculture and Food, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Université d'Angers, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences, Innovations, Sociétés, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
OpenAlex ID: W4386963277