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| Kummer, Susanne; Leitgeb, Friedrich; Vogl, Christian Reinhard. |
| Farmers’ experiments can be defined as the activity of trying or introducing something totally or partially new at the farm, including evaluation of the success or failure. In this research, topics, motives, methods and evaluation strategies of farmers’ experiments are investigated. Personal interviews were conducted with 73 organic farmers (47 semi-structured interviews, 26 structured questionnaire interviews). Organic farmers in Austria were found to experiment in a broad range of topics. To evaluate the experiments, all farmers conducted observation, and most of them also comparisons. Farmers experiment to find own creative solutions for their specific conditions and emerging problems. It is advisable to support farmers in their experimentation... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Knowledge management. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/21280/1/21280_kummer.pdf |
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| Kummer, Susanne; Ninio, Racheli; Leitgeb, Friedrich; Vogl, Christian Reinhard. |
| Experimenting, adapting and innovating are central features of farmers’ activities all over the world. Farmers hold valuable knowledge about their environment, they actively do experiments, and have their own research traditions. The development of organic farming systems is continually evolving through the experiments and innovations of organic farmers. So far, there has been little attempt to study the nature, characteristics, and factors associated with the experimental processes of farmers in a systematic, comprehensive way. A current research project investigates learning processes of organic farmers in Austria, Cuba and Israel through researching the multifaceted experiments they conduct and the innovations they obtain as possible results. This paper... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Knowledge management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/12226/1/12226.pdf |
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