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  • Title of document: From Uniformity to Diversity: A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems

    Authors: Emile A. Frison (Lead Coordinating author)

    Ministry/Government Agency/Organization: IPES-FOOD

    Year of publication: 2016

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    This report explores the potential for a shift to occur from current food systems, characterized by industrial modes of agriculture, to systems based around diversified agroecological farming. It asks what the impacts on food systems would be if diversity, rather than uniformity, were the key imperative. The ecological benefits of such a shift have been widely documented. The key question, and the one asked in this report, is where the trade-offs lie. In other words, could food systems based around diversified agroecological farming succeed where current systems are failing, namely in reconciling concerns such as food security, environmental protection, nutritional adequacy and social equity.