Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review

RB Kerr, S Madsen, M Stüber, J Liebert, S Enloe… - Global Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agroecology increasingly has gained scientific and policy recognition as having potential to
address environmental and social issues within food production, but concerns have been …

Human and social values in agroecology: A review

R Bezner Kerr, J Liebert, M Kansanga… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
Addressing human and social values is a core element of agroecology, including questions
of equity and social justice in food systems, supporting autonomy and well-being of food …

Assessing transitions to sustainable agricultural and food systems: a tool for agroecology performance evaluation (TAPE)

A Mottet, A Bicksler, D Lucantoni, F De Rosa… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is increasing interest in agroecology as a way to move toward more sustainable
agriculture and food systems. However, the evidence of agroecology's contribution to …

Factors that determine the dietary diversity score in rural households: The case of the Paute River Basin of Azuay Province, Ecuador

OV Cordero-Ahiman, JL Vanegas… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Inadequate food and nutrition affect human well-being, particularly for many poor
subpopulations living in rural areas. The purpose of this research was to analyze the factors …

[HTML][HTML] Agroecology and nutritional health: A comparison of agroecological farmers and their neighbors in the Ecuadorian highlands

A Deaconu, PR Berti, DC Cole, G Mercille, M Batal - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Agroecology has received much attention as a sustainable production strategy that may
leverage agriculture-nutrition linkages to positively impact farmer nutritional health, but its …

Consumer behaviour and attitude towards the purchase of organic products in Riobamba, Ecuador

VD Ayaviri-Nina, NS Jaramillo-Quinzo… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of organic agriculture has been promoted worldwide to improve the
nutritional health of families, and Ecuador is no exception. The aim of this research was to …

[HTML][HTML] A nutrition-sensitive agroecology intervention in rural Tanzania increases children's dietary diversity and household food security but does not change child …

MV Santoso, RNB Kerr, N Kassim, H Martin… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background There are urgent calls for the transformation of agriculture and food systems to
address human and planetary health issues. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and agroecology …

Agroecology and household production diversity and dietary diversity: Evidence from a five-year agroecological intervention in rural Malawi

MM Kansanga, J Kangmennaang, RB Kerr… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Following a decade of declining food insecurity, the global undernourished population has
increased successively in the last three years. This increasing trend highlights the challenge …

Explaining the impact of agroecology on farm-level transitions to food security in Malawi

S Madsen, R Bezner Kerr, N LaDue, I Luginaah… - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
How does agroecology influence household food security? While previous studies have
found that adopting agroecological practices can have a positive effect on smallholder …

Nutrition as a driver and outcome of agroecology

KG van Zutphen, S van den Berg, B Gavin-Smith… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
The principles of agroecology do not explicitly state a link with nutrition. Yet, we argue that
among them, input reduction, biodiversity, economic diversification, social values and diets …