Mapping practices, actions, and communication models among social actors involved in coffee growing in the Chapada Diamantina region, BA: strategies to promote sustainable agricultural transition

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2318179670647

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Sustainable agricultural practices, Communication models, Sustainable agricultural innovation

Abstract

In the food production chain, different models of knowledge communication are adopted regarding agricultural innovations. These communication models range from unidirectional models of knowledge dissemination to bidirectional models that seek to promote public engagement and participation. In the process of knowledge transmission, bidirectional models have been shown proven to be more efficient than unidirectional ones, as they promote dialogue and approximation between different knowledge systems. This means that the choice of communication model adopted by technicians and researchers can influence farmer’s decision-making in adopting agricultural practices. To identify opportunities for promoting transitions to more sustainable agricultural systems, we have investigated the communication models mediated by different social actors and the sustainable agricultural practices adopted by coffee growers in the Local Productive Arrangement (APL) of coffee in Chapada Diamantina-Ba. The protagonism of coffee growers in driving initiatives and experiences in the adopting sustainable agricultural practices, combined with partnerships between educational institutions, social organizations and community articulation networks, has facilitated social learning and dialogue among traditional, empirical and academic knowledge systems.

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Joice Rodrigues de Mendonça Reis, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Baiano

Doutoranda no Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia: Teoria, Aplicação e Valores da Universidade Federal da Bahia (2018). Pesquisadora no INCT em Estudos Inter e Transdisciplinares em Ecologia e Evolução (IN-TREE). Professora EBTT de Agroecologia no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Baiano Campus Itaberaba, onde coordenou o curso técnico em Meio Ambiente (2017-2018), atuou como diretora acadêmica substituta (2018). Engenheira Agrônoma, graduada pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (2006), Mestre em Desenvolvimento Regional e Meio Ambiente pela Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (2008), Pós-graduada em Agricultura Biodinâmica pela Universidade de Uberaba (2012). Atuou como auditora em sistemas de produção e processamento orgânico pelo IBD Certificações de 2011 a jan/2016 e pela ECOCERT Brasil de 2016 a jan/2017. Consultora e educadora nos seguintes temas: Educação ambiental, extensão rural, agroecologia, produção de mudas florestais, Agricultura Biodinâmica, Sistemas Agroflorestais, Sistemas de produção e processamento orgânico. 

Jeferson Gabriel da Encarnação Coutinho, Instituto Federal da Bahia

Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Bahia (2010). Master in Ecology and Biomonitoring (2013 - UFBA). Doctor in Ecology from the Federal University of Bahia, with a sandwich period at the National University of Río Negro, Bariloche, Argentina. He has experience in the field of Ecology, with an emphasis on Applied Ecology and Pollination. He develops studies in the area of ​​Ecology and Functional Diversity of Bees. He works at the Bee Biology and Ecology Laboratory with research involving citizen science and transdisciplinary. He is a professor of Basic, Technical and Technological Education at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Bahia, Salvador Campus. He currently serves as the head of the Department of Health Technology and Biology (DTSBio). It is linked to the INCT in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution (IN-TREE), funded by CNPq and FAPESB, which brings together around 200 researchers from 13 Brazilian institutions and 35 foreign institutions (https://intree.org/ ). He participates in the international project entitled "Toward a science of intrinsic purpose: an organizational account of ecological functions and its implications to ecological research and environmental ethics" (https://www.biologicalpurpose.org/subaward-project/organizational-account-ecological -functions). He works as a young volunteer researcher in the BPBES (Brazilian Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) program.

Maria Salete Souza de Amorim, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Post-Doctorate from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE, 2018), Doctorate in Political Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, 2006) and Master in Social Sciences (Political Sociology) from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/ SP, 1998). She is currently a professor at the Department of Political Science and at the Graduate Program in Political Science at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and a researcher at the Center for Environmental and Rural Studies (NUCLEAR/UFBA) and at the INCT in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology. and Evolution (IN-TREE), funded by CNPq and FAPESB. She conducts research in the field of Political Science, with an emphasis on issues of democracy, quality of democracy, public policies, and environmental sustainability.

Charbel Nino El-Hani, Federal University of Bahia

Charbel El-Hani is Full Professor at the Institute of Biology, UFBA, where he coordinates the Laboratory for Teaching, Philosophy and History of Biology (LEFHBio). Bachelor in Biological Sciences from UFBA (1992), Master in Education from UFBA (1996) and Doctor in Education from USP (2000). He did postdoctoral work at the Center for Natural Philosophy and Science Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2003-2004), with Claus Emmeche. He was a visiting researcher at the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, collaborating with Boaventura de Sousa Santos, from January 2020 to July 2021. He coordinates the INCT on Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution (IN-TREE), funded by CNPq, CAPES and FAPESB, which brings together 240 researchers from 31 Brazilian institutions and 35 foreign institutions. He coordinates the science popularization event Café Científico Salvador (http://cafeccientificossa.blogspot.com) and writes on the Darwinianas Blog (https://darwinianas.com/), linked to INCT IN-TREE. The laboratory is linked to the community of practices with teachers of the municipal basic education of Conde-BA, working in schools located in artisanal fishing communities. Main research interests: Research in Science Education, Philosophy of Biology, Theoretical Biology (in particular, linked to Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Conservation and Animal Behavior) and History of Biology. In Science Education research, the focus of his investigations is on the interdisciplinary field of History, Philosophy and Science Teaching, institutionally structured around the IHPST Group (http://ihpst.net/) and having as main vehicle the journal Science & Education. It is important to consider that publications in Philosophy of Biology, Theoretical Biology and History of Biology are closely connected with each other and with studies on science education. As an example, philosophical studies on emergent properties and complexity in living systems are closely related to theoretical studies on complex networks in the same class of systems, as well as educational studies on the teaching of ecology, genetics and evolution, which focus on the complexity of systems. explanatory models in these sciences and the difficulties they entail in educational contexts and practices. Another important aspect to bear in mind is that research in the laboratory coordinated by the researcher tends to move from understanding and diagnosis to intervention in the educational context, due to their political and ethical position on the way in which educational research should be conducted. and brought to impact reality. Such intervention, in turn, is only carried out, in accordance with the laboratory's research ethics, through collaborative ties with active professors, forming communities of practice, bringing together educational researchers and professors-researchers. This implies, in some cases, projects and publications with teams of significant size, given the engagement of several teachers and involvement with different educational contexts.

Blandina Felipe Viana, Federal University of Bahia

Blandina Felipe Viana, holds a degree in Biological Sciences (1983) and Agronomic Engineering (1981), from the University of Brasília, and a master's degree (1992) and doctorate (1999) in Ecology, from the University of São Paulo. She has held postdoctoral internships at the University of Guelph, Canada (2003-2004), in Pollination Ecology and Pollinator Conservation in the Landscape, and at Queen Mary University of London, in Public Engagement in Science (2018-2019). She is a Full Professor at the Institute of Biology, Federal University of Bahia, where she works as a professor in the Undergraduate course in Biological Sciences and in the Graduate Program in Ecology: Theory, Application and Values. She coordinated the Graduate Program in Ecology and Biomonitoring at IBUFBA from 2005 to 2007. She served as Coordinator (2010-2013) and Pro-Rector (2013-2014), together with the Pro-Rectory of Extension of Federal university of Bahia. She was lead author coordinator for thematic assessment on pollinators, pollination and food production, for the UN Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (2014-2016). Between 2003 and 2014 she coordinated the national editions of international field courses on pollination. In 2016, she received the Bahia Award for Diversity-Women in Science, as an outstanding researcher. She is co-founder of the citizen science project, Guardians of Chapada, which aims to involve citizens in research and conservation actions on pollinators and pollination. She has also worked on the development of communication and interaction strategies with society, which aim to promote scientific education of citizens and changes in attitudes towards biodiversity and its role in the functioning of ecosystems.

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2023-12-29

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Reis, J. R. de M., Coutinho, J. G. da E., Amorim, M. S. S. de, El-Hani, C. N. ., & Viana, B. F. (2023). Mapping practices, actions, and communication models among social actors involved in coffee growing in the Chapada Diamantina region, BA: strategies to promote sustainable agricultural transition. Extensão Rural, 30, e70647. https://doi.org/10.5902/2318179670647

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Vol. 30 (2023): Extensão Rural

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Extensão e Comunicação Rural

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