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City councils around the globe are developing food policies that aim to integrate different sectors and actors involved in delivering sustainability and food security outcomes fostering changes in policy-making processes. However, the co-production of public policies faces multiple drawbacks to establish new forms of governance that generate greater legitimacy for institutions, improved efficiency, tighter social cohesion and deeper democratisation. This paper draws on recent literature on social innovation and critical governance to portray food policy co-production processes in Cordoba, Madrid and Valencia, analysing the changing role of the actors involved, identifying key factors and tools that sustain co-production processes, and highlighting common barriers. The results illustrate the changing roles of key actors in co-productive policies, together with the need to acknowledge the diversity of knowledge, capacities and interests within the public sector and civil society organisations to design effective policies. This includes crafting formal and informal governance spaces that underpin the fluid and constantly evolving process of developing food policies. This comparative study, thus, contributes to progress in conceptual and practical debates on co-production, providing new insights to inform future urban food policy developments.
Isabel Vara-Sánchez; David Gallar-Hernández; Lidia García-García; Nerea Morán Alonso; Ana Moragues-Faus. The co-production of urban food policies: Exploring the emergence of new governance spaces in three Spanish cities. Food Policy 2021, 102120 .
AMA StyleIsabel Vara-Sánchez, David Gallar-Hernández, Lidia García-García, Nerea Morán Alonso, Ana Moragues-Faus. The co-production of urban food policies: Exploring the emergence of new governance spaces in three Spanish cities. Food Policy. 2021; ():102120.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIsabel Vara-Sánchez; David Gallar-Hernández; Lidia García-García; Nerea Morán Alonso; Ana Moragues-Faus. 2021. "The co-production of urban food policies: Exploring the emergence of new governance spaces in three Spanish cities." Food Policy , no. : 102120.
Bolstering the political formation of agrarian organizations has become a priority for La Vía Campesina and the Food Sovereignty Movement. This paper addresses the Spanish case study of the Escuela de Acción Campesina (EAC)—(Peasant Action School), which is a tool for political formation in the Global North in which the philosophical and pedagogical principles of the “peasant pedagogies” of the Training Schools proposed by La Vía Campesina are put into practice within an agrarian organization in Spain and in alliance with the rest of the Spanish Food Sovereignty Movement. The study was carried out over the course of the 10 years of activist research, spanning the entire process for the construction and development of the EAC. Employing an ethnographic methodology, information was collected through participant observation, ethnographic interviews, a participatory workshop, and reviews of internal documents. The paper presents the context in which the EAC arose, its pedagogical dynamics, the structure and the ideological contents implemented for the training of new cadres, and how there are three key areas in the training process: (1) the strengthening of collective union and peasant identity, (2) training in the “peasant” ideological proposal, and (3) the integration of students as new cadres into the organizations’ structures. It is concluded that the EAC is a useful tool in the ideological re-peasantization process of these organizations.
David Gallar-Hernández. Forging Political Cadres for Re-Peasantization: Escuela de Acción Campesina (Spain). Sustainability 2021, 13, 4061 .
AMA StyleDavid Gallar-Hernández. Forging Political Cadres for Re-Peasantization: Escuela de Acción Campesina (Spain). Sustainability. 2021; 13 (7):4061.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Gallar-Hernández. 2021. "Forging Political Cadres for Re-Peasantization: Escuela de Acción Campesina (Spain)." Sustainability 13, no. 7: 4061.
Land supplies multiple goods and services vital to humans and the environment. In the last decades, increasing evidence of growing land degradation are made apparent. A limited and depleting resource base, the reliance on climate-sensitive sectors and its large population, make South Asia highly vulnerable to climate change. Observed changes in climate include increases in temperature and increased monsoon variability and rainfall pattern leading to drought and flooding. Projected changes include increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing cyclonic activity and higher variability of rainfall, all having enormous impacts on farming communities. At the same time, the region is rich in traditional agricultural knowledge (TAK), specialized in managing local agroecosystems to ensure food availability, tackling climatic risks and other ecological uncertainties. Particularly relevant is TAK related to land management to preserve soil fertility and avoid soil erosion. Ethnographic research is a valuable source of TAK, although this is rarely analysed with a climate change perspective. Based on a qualitative systematic review, and an expert's on-line survey, in this paper we review land management TAK and assess its potential for climate change adaptation. The review shows there is a vast amount of untapped TAK ethnographic research with potential for climate change adaptation.
M.G. Rivera-Ferre; M. Di Masso; I. Vara; M. Cuellar; F. López-I-Gelats; G. D. Bhatta; D. Gallar. Traditional agricultural knowledge in land management: the potential contributions of ethnographic research to climate change adaptation in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. Climate and Development 2021, 1 -18.
AMA StyleM.G. Rivera-Ferre, M. Di Masso, I. Vara, M. Cuellar, F. López-I-Gelats, G. D. Bhatta, D. Gallar. Traditional agricultural knowledge in land management: the potential contributions of ethnographic research to climate change adaptation in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. Climate and Development. 2021; ():1-18.
Chicago/Turabian StyleM.G. Rivera-Ferre; M. Di Masso; I. Vara; M. Cuellar; F. López-I-Gelats; G. D. Bhatta; D. Gallar. 2021. "Traditional agricultural knowledge in land management: the potential contributions of ethnographic research to climate change adaptation in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan." Climate and Development , no. : 1-18.
This study analyzes relevant federal public policies for soil and water conservation in Brazil. The Federal Court of Auditors reported that the lack of a national policy for soil and water conservation in the country is a considerable risk of degradation of soil and water resources, despite the existence of legal instruments. This study aims to provide build upon previous experiences related to the participatory formulation of the new Brazilian National Plan for Soil and Water Sustainable Management (NP). We selected seven current public policies at the federal level involving conservation of soil and water resources in rural areas. We carried out content analysis for each of the selected policies using qualitative‐interpretive treatment, starting from six analytical axes proposed for the NP. The six axes are: Legislation, Prevention, Conservation, Recovery, Monitoring, and Integration. Five keywords were identified for each axis. The analysis produced a score to measure the adherence of keywords in the public policies. This manuscript shows: (a) the importance of all the policies analyzed as significant contributions for the construction of the new NP; b) the gaps of these policies regarding the six strategic axes provided by the NP; c) how to turn strengths and gaps of the policies into recommendations and opportunities for a more robust NP. There is need for greater commitment of relevant stakeholders in the construction of the policy and in the decision‐making process to improve the sustainable management of soil and water resources in Brazil. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Julia Franco Stuchi; David Gallar Hernández; Aluísio Granato De Andrade; Joyce Maria Guimarães Monteiro; Helga Restum Hissa. Analysis of Brazilian public policies which aim to support participatory construction of the National Plan for Soil and Water Sustainable Management. Land Degradation & Development 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleJulia Franco Stuchi, David Gallar Hernández, Aluísio Granato De Andrade, Joyce Maria Guimarães Monteiro, Helga Restum Hissa. Analysis of Brazilian public policies which aim to support participatory construction of the National Plan for Soil and Water Sustainable Management. Land Degradation & Development. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJulia Franco Stuchi; David Gallar Hernández; Aluísio Granato De Andrade; Joyce Maria Guimarães Monteiro; Helga Restum Hissa. 2020. "Analysis of Brazilian public policies which aim to support participatory construction of the National Plan for Soil and Water Sustainable Management." Land Degradation & Development , no. : 1.
In the context of nutritional disaffection with a dominant food and agricultural system and the social questioning of everyday nutritional habits, we studied what Eating Well means to people and what role organic food plays in their lives. We conducted 11 discussion groups that were carried out in Andalusia, Spain; participants had different socio-demographic characteristics—they lived in either rural or urban areas, had different purchasing channels, and practiced varying degrees of organic food consumption. The investigation revealed (1) the motives and limitations for the consumption of organic foods, as perceived by the consumers of organic foods, and (2) the everyday strategies practiced to overcome these limitations. In both cases, this research transcends the classical analyses focused on the price of a product, when proposing a framework for alternative strategies that are based on the ordinary knowledge and practices of the consumers, by looking at consumption through an integrated lens that is rooted in the notion of what consumers consider to be Eating Well. This study shows that Eating Well—according to the criteria of the consumers and the implemented strategies—breaks from the dichotomous or exclusive focus on economic or ideological motives, and revalues feminine and rural knowledge and practices, for a comprehensive management of nutrition.
David Gallar Hernández; Helena Saracho-Domínguez; Marta G. Rivera-Ferré; Isabel Vara-Sánchez. Eating Well with Organic Food: Everyday (Non-Monetary) Strategies for a Change in Food Paradigms: Findings from Andalusia, Spain. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1003 .
AMA StyleDavid Gallar Hernández, Helena Saracho-Domínguez, Marta G. Rivera-Ferré, Isabel Vara-Sánchez. Eating Well with Organic Food: Everyday (Non-Monetary) Strategies for a Change in Food Paradigms: Findings from Andalusia, Spain. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (4):1003.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Gallar Hernández; Helena Saracho-Domínguez; Marta G. Rivera-Ferré; Isabel Vara-Sánchez. 2019. "Eating Well with Organic Food: Everyday (Non-Monetary) Strategies for a Change in Food Paradigms: Findings from Andalusia, Spain." Sustainability 11, no. 4: 1003.