Cow up a tree : knowing and learning for change in agriculture :case studies from industrialised countries / editors: LEARN Group (Learning in Agriculture Research Network): M. Cerf ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cerf, Marianne.

Institut national de la recherche agronomique (France)

Series:

Science Update

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural extension work--Developed countries--Case studies.

Agricultural extension work.

Agricultural innovations--Developed countries--Case studies.

Agricultural innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : INRA, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nos sociétés occidentales exigent de leurs agricultures et de leurs industries agro-alimentaires qu'elles évoluent rapidement pour intégrer de nouveaux critères de qualité. Pour accompagner ce changement, les chercheurs ont un double défi à relever: celui de proposer aux producteurs et à leurs conseillers, non plus des solutions techniques universelles mais des méthodes d'auto-diagnostic et celui de définir de nouvelles modalités d'intervention de la recherche auprès des organisations collectives. Ce sont bien des nouveaux processus d'apprentissage individuels et collectifs qui sont à mettre en place, basés sur une transdisciplinarité et un co-apprentissage entre chercheurs, professionnels du développement, décideurs et agriculteurs. Dans cet ouvrage, des chercheurs de dix pays industrialisés témoignent des différentes formes d'apprentissage qu'ils ont expérimentées.

Contents:

""Part II. Working with Learning Groups""""Learning Groups Developing Collaborative Learning Methods for Diversified, Site-Specific Weed Management : a Case Study from Minnesota, USA N. Jordan, S. White, J. Gunsolus, R. Becker & S. Damme""; ""Learning Processes in Designing and Disseminating Ecological Olive Production Systems in Crete, Greece E. Kabourakis""; ""The Results and Success Factors of a Farm Monitoring and Study Group Approach to Collective Learning in New Zealand G. W. Sheath & R. W. Webby""

""The FARMSCAPE Experience. Simulations Aid Participative Learning in Risky Farming Systems in Australia Z. Hochman, J. Coutts, P.S. Carberry & R.L. McCown""""Part III. Developing and Adapting Methodologies for Creating Learning Contexts""; ""From Debate about Degradation to Dialogue about Vegetation Management in Western New South Wales, Australia S. Kersten""; ""Moving from Natural to Systemic Social Learning through Systematic Reflection and Dialogue C. King ""; ""Whole Systems Inquiry : Watersheds as Integral Systems for Systemic Learning and Action R.D. William""

""Considering Metaphors of Countrysides in the United Kingdom D. McClintock""""Formalising Categories of Farms in Learning Situations. An experience in Building a Typology of Land Use in Sheep Farming N. Girard""; ""A Negotiation Decision Support System as a Learning Tool. The case of price elaboration for ewe milk in the corsican dairy sheep industry R. Bouche""; ""Part IV. Changing Institutional and Social Landscapes""; ""Conventions as a Means for the Pursuit of Knowledge A. Koutsouris""

""Linking Natural Resource Management Dynamics and Organisational Development : Adapting to Emerging Groundwater Management in Gelderland, The Netherlands M. Maarleveld""

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ISBN:

9782759211746

2759211746

9782759204762

2759204766

OCLC:

923345874