Dialogue with Miguel Altieri and Marc Dufumier:
Sally Burch
ALAI AMLAT-en, 24/07/2013.- There is a growing interest, not only in the rural world but also among urban populations, in ecological agriculture, due to its potential to ensure food supplies that are both healthy and entail less environmental impact. Nevertheless, this has been seen up to now as a marginal option for the food supply system, while the vision still prevails that large scale agriculture is the only way to guarantee feeding the world. But how true is this?