Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification

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dc.creatorBlesh, Jennifer
dc.creatorMehrabi, Zia
dc.creatorWittman, Hannah
dc.creatorBezner Kerr, Rachel
dc.creatorJames, Dana
dc.creatorMadsen, Sidney
dc.creatorSmith, Olivia M.
dc.creatorSnapp, Sieglinde S.
dc.creatorStratton, Anne Elise
dc.creatorBakarr, Abram J.
dc.creatorBicksler, Mohamed
dc.creatorGalt, Ryan
dc.creatorGaribaldi, Lucas A.
dc.creatorGemmill-Herren, Barbara
dc.creatorGrass, Ingo
dc.creatorIsaac, Marney E.
dc.creatorJohn, Innocensia
dc.creatorJones, Sarah K.
dc.creatorKennedy, Christina M.
dc.creatorKlassen, Susanna
dc.creatorLevers, Christian
dc.creatorVang Rasmussen, Laura
dc.creatorKremen, Claire
dc.date2023-05
dc.date2023-03-28T12:34:32Z
dc.date2023-03-28T12:34:32Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:22:26Z
dc.descriptionFarming systems that support locally diverse agricultural production and high levels of biodiversity are in rapid decline, despite evidence of their benefits for climate, environmental health, and food security. Yet, agricultural policies, financial incentives, and market concentration increasingly constrain the viability of diversified farming systems. Here, we present a conceptual framework to identify novel processes that promote the emergence and sustainability of diversified farming systems, using three real-world examples where farming communities have found pathways to diversification despite major structural constraints. By applying our framework to analyze these bright spots in the United States, Brazil, and Malawi, we identify two distinct pathways—network and institutional—to diversification. These pathways emerge through alignment of factors related to social and ecological structure (policies, institutions, and environmental conditions) and agency (values, collective action, and management decisions). We find that, when network and institutional pathways operate in tandem, the potential to scale up diversification across farms and landscapes increases substantially.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129783
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/57354
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBlesh, J.; Mehrabi, Z.; Wittman, H.; Bezner Kerr, R.; James, D.; Madsen, S.; Smith, O.M.; Snapp, S.; Stratton, A.E.; Bakarr, A.J.; Bicksler, M.; Galt, R.; Garibaldi, L.A.; Gemmill-Herren, B.; Grass, I.; Isaac, M.E.; John, I.; Jones, S.K.; Kennedy, C.M.; Klassen, S.; Levers, C.; Vang Rasmussen, L.; Kremen, C. (2023) Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification. One Earth, 6. In Press (May 19, 2023). 13 p. ISSN: 2590-3330
dc.subjectdiversification
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectinstitutions
dc.subjectnetworks
dc.subjectagrobiodiversity
dc.subjectdiversificación
dc.subjectpolíticas
dc.subjectinstituciones
dc.titleAgainst the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification
dc.typeJournal Article

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