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Database research record2023·Argentina (San Carlos de Bariloche)

Resilience processes and positioning of agroecological farmers in an urban horticultural fair in northwest Patagonia

Ana H. Ladio, Melisa Longo, Soledad Molares

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

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This qualitative study analyzed the resilience processes of agroecological farmers at the Free Fair of Family Farmers from Nahuel Huapi in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. The fair's main resilience principles include high agrobiodiversity, learning and connectivity, cooperation, and adaptive systemic thinking. However, the economic and cultural viability of this fair is uncertain due to the drastic socio-environmental changes experienced in the region.