This introductory article to the special issue contributes to ongoing debates on pesticides in
agriculture by focusing on their alternatives. Through a literature review, we explore the …

Promoting organic farming is the ultimate strategy to reduce the use of synthetic pesticides.
Denmark and Sweden have introduced measures to increase organic consumption as a …

We analyze the alignment mechanisms involved in socio-technical transitions. The multi-
level perspective has made the notion of alignment one of the pillars of its analytical …

This study examines how an agtech startup managed to turn a mobile app designed to
diagnose plant damages and recommend treatments into an asset. Rooted in assetization …

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 …

It would almost seem that the decline of agricultural pesticides is now a foregone conclusion.
Identified as problematic technologies for decades (Carson 1962; Gunter and Harris 1998) …

Este artigo realiza um resgate da memória de construção do programa nacional de
bioinsumos coordenado pelo Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. Entender …

A growing number of activities formerly undertaken off-farm are now carried out on-farm,
including product processing, agronomic experimentation or animal slaughter. This also …

We explore the strategies implemented by Research Groups' Leaders while coping with
unstable contexts, characterized by incoherence and lack of coordination among different …

Contemporary interest in regenerative approaches to agricultural sustainability can be
attributed to environmental concerns that became apparent during the 1950s and 1960s …