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  • Publication | 2025
Repairing the mosaic: the political economy of landscape-level agroecological transitions in India
Global Food and Nutrition Security

Agroecology offers pathways to enhance resilience and fairness of agrifood systems. Unlike farm-level approaches, landscape-level agroecology seeks to integrate across landscape mosaics – individual farms, forests, wetlands, water bodies, and other forms of commons. We address how the ideas, interests, and institutions of key actors shape landscape-level agroecology through a qualitative case study from Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Our findings underscore the importance of acknowledging the heterogeneity within and among stakeholder groups, particularly government agencies, and suggest processes to foster mutual understanding. We conclude by discussing the utility of the political economy framework in informing strategies for agroecological transitions.