Abstract
AbstractThe Argentinean humid pampas were once a large grassland biome. Starting when the European colonizers arrived five centuries ago, and lasting until present, the original grassland ecosystems suffered an extreme transformation and have now almost completely disappeared. Today this region is under pressure from an “agriculture without farmers” dependent on external inputs which are increasingly scarce. This has serious social, environmental and economic implications. The landscape matrix has been increasingly alternating its seasonal composition between chemical fallows and monocultures of wheat, corn, and soybean. If allowed to continue, this artificialization of ecosystems, dependent on fossil fuels, chemical inputs, and biotechnology, represents a serious threat to present and future social and environmental wellbeing. We have identified surviving land areas that persisted in the increasingly anthropic landscape of this region, constituting patches of biodiversity referred to in this chapter as “islands of resilience.” In this chapter, we propose a multidisciplinary approach which utilizes the existing resilience islands in rural areas and in bordering urban zones. We analyze a case study located in the city of Las Rosas (Santa Fe province, Argentina) and the land’s current and potential ecological wellbeing. We examined several socioeconomic and agroecological strategies associated with the production of local healthy food supplied to simplified marketing frameworks. These strategies are developed with production-consumption, community, and cooperative practices in mind. In this case study, we are guided by principles of cooperation, mutual support and solidarity, which build the foundation for an eco-social and resilient transition to more widespread biodiversity friendly agricultural landscapes.KeywordsAgri-food systemAgroforestry systemsBiodiversity IslandsCommon goodsLandscape ecologyProduction modelsSustainability
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