Social capital, biocultural heritage and commoning for ethical and inclusive sustainability of peasant agriculture: three case studies in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile

Autores

  • Lizbeth Núñez-Carrasco Universidad Católica del Maule (UCM), Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Curicó
  • Jorge Cladera Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Tilcara, Buenos Aires https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-7636
  • Pablo José Cruz Unidad Ejecutora en Ciencias Sociales Regionales y Humanidades (UE CISOR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy (UNJU), San Salvador de Jujuy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-6397
  • Nancy Egan Unidad Ejecutora en Ciencias Sociales Regionales y Humanidades (UE CISOR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy (UNJU), San Salvador de Jujuy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0222-0993
  • Gabriela Andrea Figlioli Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca (MAGyP), Jujuy
  • Gaston Godoy-Garraza Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Agricultura Familiar, Región NOA (IPAF-NOA), Jujuy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8053-603X
  • Celeste Golsberg Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Agricultura Familiar, Región NOA (IPAF-NOA), Jujuy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6986-7612
  • Ximena Quiñones-Díáz Universidad Católica del Maule (UCM), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Curicó https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-4417
  • Luís Sáez-Tonacca Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad Tecnológica, Santiago https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6619-494X
  • Manuela Vieira-Pak Independant Consultant associated to LISODE, Montpellier
  • Thierry Winkel Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), CNRS, Univ Montpellier, UPVM3, EPHE, Montpellier http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-6973

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v62i0.90418

Palavras-chave:

biocultural heritage, collective action, commons, ethical values, inclusive agriculture, participatory-action research, peasant farmers, quinoa

Resumo

Social issues and theoretical background: the sustainability of human societies depends on the intergenerational transmission of capital stocks, whether natural, social or economic. With ever more competition for economic resources, sustainability must increasingly focus on the mutual reinforcement of social and natural capital. This perspective is particularly relevant for peasant agriculture and producers, who are constantly at risk of social and economic exclusion, but whose social and natural capital remains important, though often underutilized, even by the peasants themselves. The concepts of commoning and social capital are useful for addressing these issues and activating biocultural heritage from an ethically inclusive sustainability perspective. Objective and methods: We seek to understand how peasants organize to collectively achieve goals of social and economic inclusion that could promote their sustainability and resilience in the face of economic constraints. Using field surveys and participatory action research, we analyzed the social, economic, and environmental factors that fostered the emergence and sustainability of producer organizations and their value chains. This was done in three peasant organizations in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, whose  common starting point is the valorization of traditional quinoa grain, but which differ greatly in terms of size, internal dynamics and organizational trajectories. Results: The successes and challenges of the social innovations implemented in the three cases studied provide lessons on how farmers can mobilize their social capital and leverage the resources of their cultural and natural capital to achieve ethically inclusive sustainability. While some lessons remain context-specific, others appear to be independent of the size and place of  organizations, and several demonstrate the importance of socio-ethical interactions cultivated both within organizations and with consumers.

Biografia do Autor

Jorge Cladera, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Tilcara, Buenos Aires

Researcher at UE CISOR/CONICET/UNJU

Pablo José Cruz, Unidad Ejecutora en Ciencias Sociales Regionales y Humanidades (UE CISOR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy (UNJU), San Salvador de Jujuy

Researcher at UE CISOR/CONICET/UNJU

Nancy Egan, Unidad Ejecutora en Ciencias Sociales Regionales y Humanidades (UE CISOR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy (UNJU), San Salvador de Jujuy

Researcher at UE CISOR/CONICET/UNJU

Gabriela Andrea Figlioli, Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca (MAGyP), Jujuy

Secretartía de Agricultura Familiar, Campesina e Indígena

Gaston Godoy-Garraza, Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Agricultura Familiar, Región NOA (IPAF-NOA), Jujuy

Researcher at the Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Agricultura Familiar, Región NOA (IPAF-NOA)

Celeste Golsberg, Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Agricultura Familiar, Región NOA (IPAF-NOA), Jujuy

Researcher at the Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Agricultura Familiar, Región NOA (IPAF-NOA)

Ximena Quiñones-Díáz, Universidad Católica del Maule (UCM), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Curicó

Profesor at the Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales

Luís Sáez-Tonacca, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad Tecnológica, Santiago

Profesor at the Departamento de Gestión Agraria

Manuela Vieira-Pak, Independant Consultant associated to LISODE, Montpellier

Independant Consultant associated to LISODE, Montpellier, France

Thierry Winkel, Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), CNRS, Univ Montpellier, UPVM3, EPHE, Montpellier

Senior Scientist at the CEFE - Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

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2023-11-10

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Núñez-Carrasco, L., Cladera, J., Cruz, P. J., Egan, N., Figlioli, G. A., Godoy-Garraza, G., … Winkel, T. (2023). Social capital, biocultural heritage and commoning for ethical and inclusive sustainability of peasant agriculture: three case studies in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 62. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v62i0.90418

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