§16§This open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today's dominant food regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Agroecology transformations represent a challenge to the power of corporations in controlling food system and a rejection of the industrial food systems that are at the root of many social and ecological ills. In this book the authors analyse the conditions that enable and disable agroecology's potential and present six 'domains of transformation' where it comes into conflict with the dominant food system. They argue that food sovereignty, community-self organization and a shift to bottom-up governance are critical for the transformation to a socially just and ecologically viablef §16§ood system. This book will be a valuable resource to researchers, students, policy makers and professionals across multidisciplinary areas including in the fields of food politics, international development, sustainability and resilience.§ §04§1. Introduction.- Part I. Agroecology and Sustainability Transformations.- 2. Origins, Benefits and the Political Basis of Agroecology.- 3. Conceptualizing Processes of Agroecological Transformations: From Scaling to Transition to Transformation.- Part II. Domains of Agroecology Transformations.- 4. Domain A: Rights and Access to Natural Ecosystems - Land, Water, Seeds and Biodiversity.- 5. Domain B: Knowledge and Culture.- 6. Domain C: Systems of Economic Exchange.- 7. Domain D: Networks.- 8. Domain E: Equity.- 9. Domain F: Discourse.- Part III. Drilling Down on Power and Governance in Agroecology Transformations.- 10. Power, Governance and Agroecology Transformations.- 11. Reflexive Participatory Governance for Agroecological Transformations.- 12. Conclusion. §13§"The insights of this book are highly relevant to policy makers, but its scholarly approach makes it suitable for audiences ... especially undergraduate and graduate students in interdisciplinary, sustainability or social sciences programs and agroecology practitioners. ... 'Agroecology now!,' has a wide array of material with more accessible language, as well as videos. ... This book is likely to help the reader to reflect on their own agency and how it relates to transformation of their local food systems." (Rafael Cavalcanti Lembi, Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. 39, 2022) §02§h Engagement and Liaison Officer at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University, UK. She supports collaborative research across the world on socially just and ecologically sustainable food systems. § Michel Patrick Pimbert is Professor of Agroecology and Food Politics as well as Director of the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University, UK. § §
