Adsideo Project: Room for reflexivity and governance spaces toward sustainability transitions in the agro-food system. First insights about linking experiences between Valdivia (Chile) and Valencia (Spain)

Abstract

The global agro-food system contributes significantly to climate change, which is the most serious of the environmental challenges. According to the IPCC (2019), it is estimated that between 21% and 37% of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in the World are associated with pre and post-production activities in the food system. This global challenge implies to cooperate among countries to create new methodologies for transition research and to speed up sustainability transitions all over the World. This research work is linked to an Adsideo research project which depends on the development cooperation program of the Technical University of Valencia in Spain. The project implies a new transition research methodology itself in order to collaborate between these countries. The background of the project relies in the complex system vision and in the transformative approach. In particular, it connects with the socio-technical transition approach towards sustainability, the multi-level perspective and the multi-actor perspective based on human capabilities. The main objective of the project is to generate room for reflexivity and new governance spaces at local level to enhance the transition capacities of the agro-food system in Valdivia (Chile) and Valencia (Spain). Also this project aims to carry out a learning-exchange process through transatlantic experiences and links.