Agroecology in the Brazilian government agenda: developments between 2011 and 2014

Since 2003, in Brazil, the agroecological perspective is present in punctual public policies of the federal government. In 2012, with a convergent action of the agroecological movement and the organic production, it was created the National Policy for Agroecology and Organic Production. This article...

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2017
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
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Repositorio Universidad Javeriana
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/desarrolloRural/article/view/18800
http://hdl.handle.net/10554/37429
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Summary:Since 2003, in Brazil, the agroecological perspective is present in punctual public policies of the federal government. In 2012, with a convergent action of the agroecological movement and the organic production, it was created the National Policy for Agroecology and Organic Production. This article presents a reconstruction of the process, while highlighting involved actors, as well as their demands and interests, ideas, and main forums. Despite its limitations and conflicts, the PNAPO is a benchmark and a political achievement, having insured the agroecological agenda in the public policies inter-related to rural development, food sovereignty, and the human right to adequate food