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Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture Participatory Learning and Adaptive Management in Times of Environmental Uncertainty

Edited By: Niels G Roling and Annemarie Elisabeth Wagemakers
318 pages, 17 figs, 8 tabs
Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture
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Examines the implications of adopting more ecologically sound agricultural practices, both at the level of individual farmers and at the level of larger-scale agro-ecosystems such as water catchments. The emphasis of the book is on human and social aspects, rather than on agronomic or economic considerations, focusing on the learning processes necessary for change to be implemented and, in turn, on the facilitation of that learning through participatory approaches and appropriate institutional support and policy structure.

Contents

Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. A new practice: facilitating sustainable agriculture N. Roling and A. Wagemakers; 2. Supportive policies and practices for scaling up sustainable agriculture J. Pretty; 3. The second wing of the eagles: the human dimension in learning our way to more sustainable futures J. Woodhill and N. Roling; Part II. Environmental Policies and Farmers' Reactions: 4. Developing standards for sustainable farming in the Swiss Alps M. Roux and A. Blum; 5. Extension functions and farmers' attitudes in Greece A. Koutsouris and D. Papadopoulos; 6. Integrated arable farming in the Netherlands W. van Weperen, M. Proost and N. Roling; Part III. Farmer Learning, Its Facilitation and Supportive Institutions: 7. Learning about sustainable agriculture: the case of Dutch arable farmers; 8. The diffusion of eco-farming in Germany A. Gerber and V. Hoffmann; 9. Transforming extension for sustainable agriculture: the case of integrated pest management in rice in Indonesia N. Roling and E. van de Fliert; 10. Co-learning tools: powerful instruments of change in southern Queensland, Australia G. Hamilton; 11. A social harvest reaped from a promise of springtime. User-responsive, participatory agricultural research in Asia G. T. Castillo; Part IV. Platforms For Agricultural Resources Use Negotiation: 12. Integrated farming systems: a sustainable agriculture learning community in the USAJ. Fisk, O. Hesterman, and T. Thorburn; 13. Fomenting energy: experiences with facilitating landcare in Australia A. Campbell; 14. The implementation of nature policy in the Netherlands: platforms designed to fail M. Wagemans and J. Boerma; 15. The communication between farmers and government over nature: a new approach to policy development C. van Woerkum and M. Aarts; Part V. Synthesis: 16. The ecological knowledge system; About the authors; List of figures; Tables; Boxes; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Index.

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Edited By: Niels G Roling and Annemarie Elisabeth Wagemakers
318 pages, 17 figs, 8 tabs
Media reviews
' ... provides a valuable insight into what can be done to make agriculture more sustainable, for the benefit of current and future generations.' Journal of Agricultural Science 'The various chapters ... together add up to a formidable collection ... one finishes reading the book convinced that here we have a work that makes a valuable contribution to the general debate on sustainable resource use ... deserves to be read ... by all those interested in rural change and development.' N. Long, The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension '... will serve as a useful addition to policy-makers' bookshelves.' L. Gudgeon, Journal of Applied Ecology
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