AGROECOLOGY AND THOUGHT COMPLEX: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS IN THE SANANDUVA-RS REGION

Abstract

This study aims to analyze how agroecology, linked to complex thinking, can be an alternative to the agricultural model established by the Green Revolution. Through a qualitative literature review, we discuss the criticism of the reductionist paradigm that favors monocultures, chemical inputs, and productive homogenization, whose negative impacts include environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, and social inequalities. In contrast, it is argued that agroecology offers a systemic model that integrates scientific and traditional knowledge, promotes diversity, and values farmers' autonomy, in line with the principles of complexity—recursivity, dialogism, and hologramaticity. Despite its transformative potential, the consolidation of agroecology faces structural challenges: the absence of adequate public policies, resistance from agribusiness, limitations in the commercialization of agroecological products, and a lack of training and rural extension focused on the paradigm. In summary, it is concluded that effective agroecological transition depends not only on the actions of producers, but also on institutional and social coordination, and it is necessary to overcome the identified barriers for this model to reach scale and consolidate itself as a viable alternative to the conventional system.