ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Agron.
Sec. Agroecological Cropping Systems
This article is part of the Research TopicAgroecology in Action: Case Studies, Challenges and Best PracticesView all 16 articles
Navigating Agroecological Transitions: Key Factors for Bolivian Small Producers
Provisionally accepted
Maria Cristina Omonte Ferrufino1
Romina De Angelis2*
Israel Navarrete3
Mariana Alem Zabalaga1
Carlos Barahona-Zamora4- 1Fundacion Agrecol Andes, Cochabamba, Bolivia
- 2Statistics for Sustainable Development (Stats4SD), Reading, United Kingdom
- 3International Potato Center, Quito, Ecuador
- 4Statistics for Sustainable Development, Reading, United Kingdom
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Word count: 145 This paper presents the learnings from a study that used qualitative research methods to explore how to promote agroecological transitions (AETs) conducted over four years with Bolivian farmers and consumers in Cochabamba. The different farmer typologies identified in the study's results are based on farmers' motivations and AE production practices. Namely, i) conventional production and offer; ii) mixed production and offer; iii) AE production and offer. Thematic analysis identified a set of primary and secondary factors common across farmer typologies, which impact their perception and behaviour transformation towards AE practices. The main factors include risk-aversion, plot size and family tradition. The secondary ones: health and new AE knowledge. A gap was found between how these factors can spur a transformation in perceptions and behaviours within different typologies. Understanding the role of context-specific factors in AE transformations is essential to improve AE training and implementation approaches.
Keywords: Agroecological practices, agroecological transformations, Bolivia, Farmer typologies, Farmers' motivations
Received: 27 Jun 2025; Accepted: 05 Jan 2026.
Copyright: © 2026 Omonte Ferrufino, De Angelis, Navarrete, Zabalaga and Barahona-Zamora. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Romina De Angelis
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