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Autonomy is defined as the independence of an actor and/or a system from the exterior. This concept refers to the room for action and interactions of an actor and/or a system with respect to its environment. In farming systems, autonomy is often addressed at the farm level. It questions the dependence on external resources of the system (seeds, fertilizers, feeds, but also technologies, …). In recent decades, the intensification of agricultural systems has resulted in a loss of autonomy due to increased productivity, specialization and farm sizes. Agroecology proposes to put autonomy at the heart of the systems, as a founding value and a lever for action by promoting internal exchanges. An agroecological system is less dependent on inputs and external trade because it mobilizes biological diversity and natural processes. Different forms of autonomy (food, financial, decision-making, etc.) can be envisaged at different levels of organization. Hereafter are two examples of technical and socio-economic autonomy...[Dictionary of agroecology : https://dicoagroecologie.fr/en/encyclopedia/autonomy-in-agricultural-sytems/]
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