Seed exchange networks: metrics for examining the resilience of social-ecological agricultural systems

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dc.contributor.authorBarrera, Maria Guadalupe
dc.contributor.authorIbarra, Jose Tomas
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T00:03:50Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T00:03:50Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractAgricultural systems are dynamic social-ecological systems which are rarely examined under relational approaches. The analysis of seed exchange networks represents a growing empirical pathway to relational thinking for examining the resilience of social-ecological agricultural systems and their dynamic cycles. We conducted a literature review to (i) explore the advances of seed exchange network research, and (ii) identify and synthesize the network metrics used for examining social-ecological structures linking human and other-than-human actors to understand the resilience of agricultural systems. Complementarily, we explored what a relational approach to seed exchange network analysis might entail. Our work shows a growing use of network analysis to explore coupled social-ecological relations in agricultural systems. However, in the past quarter century, most seed exchange case studies often omitted the inherent relational nature of network data and lacked recognition of the agency of other-than-human entities in seed exchange networks. We identified over 20 network metrics broadly used in network analysis, including structural and locational metrics such as 'density', 'modularity', and 'centrality'. These metrics have the potential to inform about the dynamics that may either enhance or constrain the resilience of agricultural systems. For example, 'density' and 'centrality' can reveal pathways of agrobiodiversity access and key actors, respectively. This information may enhance the efficiency of agrobiodiversity flows in agricultural systems. Finally, we discuss some practical implications of adopting a relational approach to seed exchange network analysis to better understand people-agrobiodiversity relations under local, regional, and global changes.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/26395916.2024.2424333
dc.identifier.eissn2639-5916
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2024.2424333
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/95481
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001355339800001
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaEcosystems and people
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectSeb O'Connor
dc.subjectAgricultural systems
dc.subjectexchange networks
dc.subjectnetwork analysis
dc.subjectrelational thinking
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectsocial-ecological networks
dc.titleSeed exchange networks: metrics for examining the resilience of social-ecological agricultural systems
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen20
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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