Unlocking the agroecological transition in intensive farming systems

Delandmeter, Mathieu; Bindelle, Jérôme; De Schutter, Olivier; Van der Velde, Marijn; Baret, Philippe V.; Dumont, Benjamin

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Unlocking the agroecological transition in intensive farming systems

Delandmeter, Mathieu; Bindelle, Jérôme; De Schutter, Olivier et al.

2026 • In Global Food Security, 51, p. 100943

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Agroecology; Agriculture sustainability; Food system; Transition; Poverty; Lock-in

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[en] A system-wide transformation of dominant intensive farming and food systems is strongly needed to address their high sanitary, environmental, and social costs. Here we argue that simultaneously addressing lock-ins across the entire food system is essential to enable such a transformation. We challenge the dominant narratives that pit producers against consumers or top-down policymaking against bottom-up, community-led approaches, while overlooking the micro- and macro-level pressures they all face. We identify the major lock-ins hindering the agroecological transition across the food systems of advanced economies, and propose a roadmap for facilitating a true, transformative transition.

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Agriculture & agronomy

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Delandmeter, Mathieu ^✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre

Bindelle, Jérôme ^✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Animal Sciences (AS)

De Schutter, Olivier

Van der Velde, Marijn

Baret, Philippe V.

Dumont, Benjamin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Plant Sciences

^✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.

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English

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Unlocking the agroecological transition in intensive farming systems

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December 2026

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Global Food Security

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2211-9124

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Elsevier BV

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100943

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F.R.S.-FNRS - Fund for Scientific Research

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44221

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This work was partially funded by the F.R.S.-FNRS (Belgian Fund for Scientific Research; Research Fellow grant (number 44221) awarded to M. Delandmeter).

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