Agroecological experiences and intersections with the human right to water: a systematic review of literature in applied social sciences1
International Journal of Development Research
Agroecological experiences and intersections with the human right to water: a systematic review of literature in applied social sciences1
Received 25th August, 2021 Received in revised form 24th September, 2021 Accepted 19th October, 2021 Published online 28th November, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Guilherme Weiss Niedermayer and Luciana Turatti. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This research presents the results of a systemic literature review—establishing several inclusion and exclusion criteria based on the proposal of Tranfield, Denyer and Smart (2003)—which analyzed the state of the art regarding agroecological experiences and their intersections with the human right to water, starting with a question: The texts included fell into categories that emerged from the analysis: articles on practical experiences in agroecology; articles on the uses of water; articles on perceptions of the need for water management. From this analysis we conclude that agroecology is much more than a set of agricultural techniques—rather, it is a tool of social, environmental, and economic transformation and of resistance to conflicts and predatory political programs; that water, as well as agroecological transition, is also a powerful instrument for social transformation; and that top-down decisions are already ineffective, which renders the implementation of public policies for adaptation to climate change, as well as a joint effort, based on the participation of everyone in decision processes and action plans, a sine qua non condition for the effectiveness of different programs.