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Data Sheet 1_Integrating agrarian differentiation and labor mobility into TAPE-based assessments of agroecology. A methodological exploration in the Cambodian rice sector.pdf Titouan Filloux (25092091) Jean-Christophe Diepart (25092094) Mathilde Sester (25092097) Rada Kong (25092100) Sreymom Sieng (25092103) Florent Tivet (25092106) Food Packaging, Preservation and Safety agrarian political economy Cambodia farming systems migration off-farm activities rice sustainability <p>Agroecology is increasingly considered to be a promising pathway to more sustainable agriculture. The Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) is a multiscale interdisciplinary assessment framework that helps tackle the complexity of such transitions. We critically engaged with TAPE and explored ways to enhance the approach based on empirical case studies conducted in Cambodia, in two rice-based agricultural landscapes with contrasted degrees of agricultural intensification. We complemented the TAPE framework by clarifying and operationalizing perspectives on the political-economic dynamics of agrarian change, including the reconstruction of agrarian history, a farming-system typology based on the distribution of land, and other assets and explicit consideration of off-farm work and migration. We then assessed TAPE at the local level, using focus group discussions with farmers’ collectives, in-depth household surveys, and interviews with village authorities and public administration at the local and provincial levels. The study helped frame agroecological performance from the perspective of the recent agrarian dynamics that have emerged in each area and have largely favored conventional agriculture models that rely on synthetic agro-chemicals and mechanization to achieve higher production and exports. This modernization pathway has unfolded in both landscapes and has resulted in rapid differentiation between smallholder farming households in terms of asset structure and labor processes. Our approach provides a basis for understanding why farmers’ production logic, constraints, and opportunities to engage time and resources in more sustainable farming practices vary considerably between and within landscapes. We argue that enriching the TAPE approach with such political-economic questions of agrarian changes makes it possible to link scales and to understand how agrarian modernization intersects with transition to agroecology. We see it as an important component for tailoring meaningful policies and practices that embrace the daily labor realities of smallholder farming households.</p> 2026-09-22T22:03:49Z Dataset Dataset 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1940600.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_Integrating_agrarian_differentiation_and_labor_mobility_into_TAPE-based_assessments_of_agroecology_A_methodological_exploration_in_the_Cambodian_rice_sector_pdf/33968968 CC BY 4.0