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

Name: Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture Participatory Learning and Adaptive Management in Times of Environmental Uncertainty
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ISBN: 9780521581745

ISBN-10: 0521581745

ISBN-13: 9780521581745

Edition: 1998

Authors: N. G. Roling, M. A. E. Wagemakers

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Through case studies taken from around the world, contributors examine the social implications of adopting more ecologically sound agricultural practices, both at the level of individual farmers and at the level of large-scale agro-ecosystems.

Book details

List price: $181.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/12/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 348
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.29" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



A new practice: facilitating sustainable agriculture




Supportive policies and practices for scaling up sustainable agriculture




The second wing of the eagles: the human dimension in learning our way to more sustainable futures




Environmental Policies and Farmersï¿½ Reactions







Extension functions and farmersï¿½ attitudes in Greece




Integrated arable farming in the Netherlands




Farmer Learning, Its Facilitation and Supportive Institutions



Learning about sustainable agriculture: the case of Dutch arable farmers



The diffusion of eco-farming in Germany




Transforming extension for sustainable agriculture: the case of integrated pest management in rice in Indonesia




Co-learning tools: powerful instruments of change in southern Queensland, Australia




A social harvest reaped from a promise of springtime. User-responsive, participatory agricultural research in Asia




Platforms For Agricultural Resources Use Negotiation



Integrated farming systems: a sustainable agriculture learning community in the USA




Fomenting energy: experiences with facilitating landcare in Australia




The implementation of nature policy in the Netherlands: platforms designed to fail




The communication between farmers and government over nature: a new approach to policy development




Synthesis



The ecological knowledge system


About the authors


List of figures


Tables


Boxes


5List of abbreviations and acronyms


Index