Sustainable production in coffee agroforestry systems in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve: a discrete choice experiment Víctor Gómez-Valenzuela Katerin Ramírez Yuri Durán Biosphere Agroforestry Sustainable production Production (economics) Agriculture Geography Environmental science Ecology Economics Biology Café Agricultura sostenible Cambios climáticos Agricultura This article analyzes the preferences of smallholder coffee producers in the surroundings of the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (RBJBE) in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. In the Caribbean, coffee production and marketing have been threatened by pests’ expansion and agroecosystems’ vulnerability to climate change. A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) was applied to 160 coffee farmers in the RBJBE influence area to define their preferences for sustainable agroforestry production practices to support socio-technical transitions to sustainability by adopting Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS). The results show that the optimal combination of factors and levels for coffee farmers must balance economic resilience with environmental sustainability tailored to local geographical and demographic conditions. Preferences for diversified crops alongside coffee indicate that many farmers value reduced economic dependency on a single crop. Gender and organizational affiliation play a key role in explaining preferences. Male farmers demonstrate stronger preferences for diversification strategies, whereas female farmers prioritize stable yields. Affiliation with producer organizations increases the likelihood of adopting sustainable practices by providing access to technical training and collective bargaining opportunities. Thus, a policy mix approach is proposed to foster sustainability transitions that benefit from considering not only the structure of preference but also the mediating role of the socio-economic characteristics of coffee farmers. 2025 en info:eu-repo/semantics/article journal-article https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01196-7 Agroforestry Systems Agroforestry Systems urn:issn:0167-4366 urn:issn:1572-9680 Agroforestry Systems, 2025, vol. 99, n. 5 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess closedAccess Q1 Zero hunger Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo https://www.intec.edu.do/portal Socio-technical transitions and sustainable agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review of the literature 2010–2021 Víctor Gómez-Valenzuela Yuri Durán Katerin Ramírez Latin Americans Agriculture Sustainable agriculture Sustainable management Sociotechnical system Sustainability Conceptual framework Population Regional science Political science Economic growth Geography Environmental resource management Business Environmental planning Economics Sociology Social science Ecology Management The challenges and opportunities Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries face to meet sustainable development force nations to seek technological alternatives to ensure better policy design. It also includes technology transfer for the productive inclusion of the rural population in the region. This paper aims to characterize the conceptual frameworks applied to studying socio-technical transitions related to sustainable agriculture in the region. A systematic review literature (SRL) was conducted covering 2010–2021. The main findings suggest that the general ideas of socio-technical transition have been used to study sustainable agriculture in LAC. However, its use has been more implicit than explicit, with some predominance of the Strategic Niche Management (SNM) and the Transition Management Approach (TM) frameworks. In addition, the socio-technical transitions as a straightforward approach have started to be incorporated more clearly after 2020. Finally, the leading technologies to foster socio-technical transitions to sustainable agriculture in the region are related to pest control and soil conservation, so social practices such as certifications have had preponderance in this transition. This paper contributes to the existing literature, broadens the frontier of socio-technical analysis in the transition to sustainable agriculture, and expands our knowledge on applying socio-technical analysis in marginal contexts. 2023 en info:eu-repo/semantics/article journal-article https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1145263 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems urn:issn:2571-581X urn:issn:(e-ISSN) 2571-581X Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023, vol. 7 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess openAccess cc-by https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1145263/pdf Q1 doaj Zero hunger Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo https://www.intec.edu.do/portal