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Emergence and Development of Transformative Capacities for the Sustainability of the Agri-Food System: The Process in Valdivia, Chile

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  • Nancy Sarabia

    (INGENIO [CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València], Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management, Polytechnic City of Innovation, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Jordi Peris

    (INGENIO [CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València], Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management, Polytechnic City of Innovation, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

Abstract

Local agri-food disruptive innovations are becoming increasingly crucial for the transformation of agri-food regimes towards sustainability. This study incorporates a systemic approach to explore the relevance of various capacities available at the city region level to prepare, initiate, and lead a change in the sustainability trajectory of local agri-food systems. It explores the city of Valdivia, Chile, which has a large movement of sustainable cooperatives and diverse disruptive private and public agri-food initiatives that are challenging the deep free-market economic and social model with an agro-exporting, competitive, and centralist focus. Through the systemic approach of sustainability transition studies, themes of emergence and development of local agri-food transition processes are being developed, and the findings are linked to studies of social movements and the social and solidarity economy.

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  • Nancy Sarabia & Jordi Peris, 2024. "Emergence and Development of Transformative Capacities for the Sustainability of the Agri-Food System: The Process in Valdivia, Chile," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-27, June.
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