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Stages in individuals’ agroecology path based on workshop results

Stage in the path Description by the participants
Fertile ground Initial interest in ecology and naturalism
Interdisciplinary experiences face complex questions
Differences between personal and institutional visions
Teaching experiences
Barriers Complex systems at multiple spatial and temporal levels
Political issues (agroecology is not neutral)
Diversity of knowledge
Access to funding
Actions Promote reflexivity and personal transformations
Transform practices and paradigms (e.g. research posture)
Promote individual resistance to conservatism
Counter reductionism
Assume ethical positions and engaged values
Form teams to work collectively
Change teaching programs
Paths Adopt more sustainable lifestyles
Communicate a more attractive vision of agroecology
Consider political dimensions in agroecological research
Co-design research projects that focus on actors’ concerns
Provide training on inter/transdisciplinarity methods
Contribute to more inclusive narratives
Provide time and place to express and share agroecological experiences
Lobby funding agencies

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