Agroecology and the reconstruction of a post-COVID-19 agriculture
Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls
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.
Topics & Concepts
AgroecologyAgricultureProduction (economics)Food systemsFood processingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Consumption (sociology)Agricultural economicsAgricultural sciencePolitical scienceGeographyFood securityEconomicsEnvironmental scienceSociologySocial scienceInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyMedicineDiseaseLawMacroeconomicsArchaeologyAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityRural Development and Agriculture