Looking at Education in Agroecology in different Levels of Teaching: A Systematic Mapping

The growth of Agroecology courses at different levels is a reality in Brazil. This work presents a systematic mapping of the literature on the occurrence of Education in Agroecology at different levels of education in the country. For that it investigates the methodologies, the challenges, the contribuitions and where it has ocurred. 228 papers were identified and after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria defined in the study, 12 papers were analyzed. Among the results, it can be seen that the methodologies applied range from the implementation of technical, higher and postgraduate courses to extension projects involving the agroecologial theme. Such courses are present in all five Brazilian regions and one of the challenges is to change the concept in the field, from agribusiness to agroecological.