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Bringing agroecology to scale: key drivers and emblematic cases

Mateo Mier y Terán Giménez CachoResearch Group on “Masificación de la Agroecología para los sistemas alimentarios sustentables,”El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, MexicoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Omar Felipe GiraldoResearch Group on “Masificación de la Agroecología para los sistemas alimentarios sustentables,”El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, MexicoORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3485-5694View further author information
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Miriam AldasoroResearch Group on “Masificación de la Agroecología para los sistemas alimentarios sustentables,”El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, MexicoORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5411-7499View further author information
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Helda MoralesResearch Group on “Masificación de la Agroecología para los sistemas alimentarios sustentables,”El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, MexicoView further author information
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Bruce G. FergusonResearch Group on “Masificación de la Agroecología para los sistemas alimentarios sustentables,”El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, MexicoORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3963-2024View further author information
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Peter RossetResearch Group on “Masificación de la Agroecología para los sistemas alimentarios sustentables,”El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico;Geography Department, Universidade Federal de Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, BrazilORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1253-1066View further author information
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Ashlesha KhadseResearch Group on “Masificación de la Agroecología para los sistemas alimentarios sustentables,”El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, MexicoORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3152-1776View further author information
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Carmen CamposResearch Group on “Masificación de la Agroecología para los sistemas alimentarios sustentables,”El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, MexicoView further author information
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Pages 637-665 | Published online: 09 Mar 2018

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