Number of documents: 6
An agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for healthy eating Findings from the Ten Years For Agroecology (TYFA) modelling exercise
Case study
2018 - Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales - Xavier Poux (AScA, IDDRI), Pierre-Marie Aubert (IDDRI) With contributions from Jonathan Saulnier, Sarah Lumbroso (AScA), Sébastien Treyer, William Loveluck, Élisabeth Hege, Marie-Hélène Schwoob (IDDRI)
AGROECOLOGY: AN AMBITIOUS AND SYSTEMIC PROJECT Jointly addressing the challenges of sustainable food for Europeans, the preservation of biodiversity and natural resources and the fight against climate change requires a profound transition of our agricultural and food system. An agroecological project based on the phasing-out of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, [...]
Europe -
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Οδηγός εφαρμογής σχολείων αγρού στην ελλάδα - Farmer Field Schools: a Practitioner’s Guide / in Greece
Training material
2015 - Dr. Chrysanthi Charatsari - Δρ. Χρυσάνθη Χαρατσάρη -
Greek
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Building social capital and promoting participatory development of agricultural innovations through farmer field schools: The Greek experience
Impact assessment
2014 - Harper Adams - Chrysanthi Charatsari , Alex Koutsouris , Evagelos D. Lioutas , and Apostolos Kalivas
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The ‘Business’ of the Public Sector: Extension in Transition and the Balance of Powers
Technical background material
2008 - Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) - William M. Rivera
The paper addresses the public sector’s role in agricultural extension. The first part of the paper subtitled ‘Extension in Transition’ reviews the ideological and technological changes that have occurred since the 1980s and stresses the importance of educating producers and establishing a climate where they begin to organize themselves for [...]
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Participatory common learning in groups of dairy farmers in Uganda (FFS approach) and Danish stable schools
Case study
2007 - DJF Animal Science - Mette Vaarst
English
Production system: Livestock, Large Ruminants
The ecological knowledge system
Technical background material
1998 - Cambridge University Press - N. Roling, J. Jiggins
Ecologically sound agriculture is not just a question of changing farm practices. It also requires a transformation of a coherent system of learning, its facilitation, institutions and policies. The paper describes the transformation involved on the basis of some country experiences.
Europe, South-East Asia, Oceania, Global - Australia, Germany, Indonesia, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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