Realizing resilient community food systems in Mato Grosso, Brazil

How can community scale research support food system transformation? Through a case study of agroecological production in Brazil’s highly industrialized Cerrado biome, this presentation will explore multidisciplinary factors relevant to making sense of agricultural innovation. Farms and farming communities are embedded in a socio-ecological context. Understanding variability in agricultural management, and mechanisms for change, involves accounting for ecology, collective action, socio-technical infrastructure, public policies and distributions of power. Research that spans disciplines and scales, and that is engaged with communities, can foster development and scaling up of more resilient food systems.