Table_1_Sustainability Dimensions Assessment in Four Traditional Agricultural Systems in the Amazon.DOCX

Although traditional agriculture carried out by ethnic groups is considered for its high biodiversity and important for food security and sovereignty, few studies have investigated the potential of these systems in the interest of promoting a sustainable agricultural development policy according to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Using the FAO's Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture (SAFA) methodology, this study analyzed the sustainability of four traditional agricultural systems, three indigenous (Waorani, Shuar, and Kichwa) and one migrant settler populations in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve (YBR) and identified synergies and trade-offs among the dimensions of sustainability. The results showed different dynamics in all dimensions of sustainability-specifically, trade-offs in the dimensions of good governance with environmental integrity and social well-being, economic resilience, and social well-being. It was identified that the differences in terms of sustainability are narrowing between the indigenous Shuar people's traditional agricultural systems and those of migrant settlers, which provides policymakers with specific information to design sustainable development policies and rescue traditional agricultural systems in the Amazon region.

尽管族群传统农业因其极高的生物多样性而备受重视，且对粮食安全与粮食主权具有关键意义，但鲜有研究结合联合国可持续发展目标（United Nations Sustainable Development Goals），探究此类农业系统在推动可持续农业发展政策方面的潜在价值。本研究采用联合国粮食及农业组织（Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO）的粮食与农业可持续性评估（Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture, SAFA）方法，对亚苏尼生物圈保护区（Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, YBR）内的4类传统农业系统开展可持续性分析，其中3类为原住民农业系统（所属族群分别为瓦奥拉尼（Waorani）、舒阿尔（Shuar）与克丘亚（Kichwa）），1类为移民定居者农业系统，并识别了可持续性各维度间的协同效应与权衡关系。研究结果显示，可持续性各维度均呈现差异化动态特征——具体而言，善治维度与环境完整性、社会福祉维度间存在权衡关系，经济韧性维度与社会福祉维度间亦存在此类权衡。本研究发现，舒阿尔族原住民传统农业系统与移民定居者农业系统之间的可持续性差异正逐步收窄，该发现可为政策制定者设计可持续发展政策、保护亚马逊地区传统农业系统提供针对性参考依据。