Detecting ‘green shoots’ of agri-food systems transformation: a framework and insights from the spread of non-pesticide approaches in South India

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Figure 1. Domains of path dependency requiring disruption for agri-food systems transformation. Double-headed arrows represent the interconnected and systemic nature of these domains.

Box 1. CSA and SAPCO at a glance. Source: CSA (2023); Ramanjaneyulu et al. (2009); Ramanjaneyulu and Rao (2008); Ramanjaneyulu (2011).

Figure 2. Value chain before and after SAPCO.

Figure 3. Disruption of path-dependent trajectory (arrow in red) and a shift to a more sustainable trajectory (arrow in green). The arrows outlined in grey represent innovations in all different sub-domains of path-dependency. The double-headed arrows represent simultaneous changes. The curved C-shaped arrows represent consecutive changes.

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