SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Farm management, knowledge and multidimensional farming - some reflections from the perspective of farm enterprises as heterogeneous self-organising systems

En præsentation af de første resultater fra barriereundersøgelse for implementering af strategier for robuste økologiske planteavlssædskifter i praksis. Hovedkonklusionen er at en række andre forhold i landmandens beslutningstagning overskygger eller konkurrerer med langsigtede hensyn til robuste sædskifter.

Tipo: Other

Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; Technology transfer; Weed management; Farm nutrient management.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://orgprints.org/22114/7/22114.pdf

The history of modernisation of agriculture is the story of specialisation into a one-dimensional food production, and in recent decades there has been a strong specialisation into one-commodity farms. Changing conditions in terms of technical features and market are commonly seen as the major rationale and driving force of this specialisation. However, the growing amount of knowledge and how this knowledge is produced and circulated may be an even stronger factor of explanation of this development and thereby a key to understand the challenges and barriers of the development of multidimensional farming. Based on empirical investigations and theoretical reflections I will discuss the barriers and potentials for management of multidimensional farming,...

Agriculture and bio based economy a driver of rural transformation and livelihood?

Palavras-chave: Social aspects.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://orgprints.org/1338/1/Egon_Noe.doc

The structures of rural communities are formed by the past development of agriculture. Industrialized agriculture does not need rural communities anymore, and are some cases even in conflict with the rural communities. The profits made by of agricultural activities have increasingly been mowed from rural to urban areas. Some sees rural development completely decoupled form agriculture; other sees bio economy as a potential revitalization of rural livelihood. This paper addresses the question under which condition agriculture and bio based economy can be a driver for revitalization for rural livelihood. This analysis is drawing on a range of different case studies of agricultural activities that have made a difference to the mainstream development. The main...

URL: http://orgprints.org/30804/1/Agriculture%20and%20bio%20based%20economy%20a%20driver%20of%20rural%20transformation%20and%20livelihood.pdf

Palavras-chave: Farm economics.

Ano: 2016

The paradox of scientific expertise. A perspectivist approach to knowledge asymmetries

Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted; Noe, Egon.

Modern societies depend on a growing production of scientific knowledge, which is based on the functional differentiation of science into still more specialised scientific disciplines and subdisciplines. This is the basis for the paradox of scientific expertise: The growth of science leads to a fragmentation of scientific expertise. To resolve this paradox, the present paper investigates three hypotheses: 1) All scientific knowledge is perspectival. 2) The perspectival structure of science leads to specific forms of knowledge asymmetries. 3) Such perspectival knowledge asymmetries must be handled through second order perspectives. We substantiate these hypotheses on the basis of a perspectivist philosophy of science grounded in Peircean semiotics and...

Tipo: Journal paper

Palavras-chave: Research methodology and philosophy.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://orgprints.org/19952/1/19952.pdf

Indicators of biodiversity and conservational wildlife quality on Danish organic farms for use in farm management. A multidisciplinary approach to indicator development and testing

Noe, Egon; Halberg, Niels; Reddersen, Jens.

European farmers are encouraged to participate in conserving national biodiversity on farms especially remnant old, undisturbed small biotopes, forests and permanent grassland. It is foreseen that this objective cannot rely on regulation solely, and to succeed, farmers need to understand the goals behind it. A set of indicators have been developed and tested on eight organic farms as part of a ‘green-account’ based dialogue to explore whether the farmers were able and willing to include such indicators in their decision making. ‘Weed cover in cereal fields,’ ’was used as an indicator of floral and faunal biodiversity in the cultivated land, and ‘uncultivated biotope area’ on the farm was used as an unspecific measure of wildlife habitats. In uncultivated...

Values-based food chains – Recoupling man and soil?

Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Systems research and participatory research; Farming Systems; Landscape and recreation; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Social aspects.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://orgprints.org/2472/1/naturequality_ver21_KCH_m_tabel.doc

Noe, Egon; Kjeldsen, Chris; Bjørkhaug, Hilde; Kvam, Gunn-Turid.

Abstract – A market driven sustainable develop-ment of organic agriculture depends on the abilities of the organic food chains to mediate qualities (vales) form place of production to place of consumption. A Pirsig’s based relational analysis reveals the importance of the abilities of all actors of the food chain to relate to and to include these qualities in their strategy. Transparency along the whole chain all way back to place and mode of production seem important.

Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Produce chain management.

Ano: 2015

URL: http://orgprints.org/29296/14/29296.pdf

Røre i hønsegården?

Thorsøe, Martin H.; Noe, Egon.

Økologiske kyllinger er en af de varekategorier, der har den laveste markedsandel, spørgsmålet er derfor om der er noget der kan gøres for at bringe markedsandelen i vejret?

Bedre kommunikation mellem "mark og mave"

Palavras-chave: Social aspects; Markets and trade; Poultry.

Ano: 2017

URL: http://orgprints.org/33635/1/R%C3%B8re%20i%20h%C3%B8nseg%C3%A5rden.pdf

Fog, Erik; Christensen, Tove; Noe, Egon.

Artikel der beskriver kommunikationsmodel udviklet i projekt MultiTrust.

Combining Luhmann and Actor-Network Theory to see Farm Enterprises as Self-organizing Systems

Palavras-chave: Social aspects Consumer issues Education; Extension and communication.

Ano: 2013

URL: http://orgprints.org/25106/7/25106.pdf

From a rural, sociological point of view no social theories have so far been able to grasp the ontological complexity and special character of a farm enterprise as an entity in a really satisfying way. The contention of this paper is that a combination of Luhmann’s theory of social systems and actor-network theory (ANT) of Latour, Callon, and Law offers a new and radical framework for understanding a farm as a self-organizing, heterogeneous system. Luhmann’s theory offers an approach to understand a farm as a self-organizing system (operating in meaning) that must produce and reproduce itself through demarcation from the surrounding world by selection of meaning. The meaning of the system is expressed through the goals, values, and the logic of the...

Hvordan kan vi vide, om økologi bliver bedre? Workshop for Organic RDD projekterne m.fl.

Palavras-chave: Research methodology and philosophy.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://orgprints.org/778/1/Noe_alroe_openings_3may03.pdf

Conventionalization or diversification? Development in the Danish organic production sector following market expansion

Der er nu over 50 tilmeldte deltagere til workshoppen fra forskellige steder i det økologiske vidensnetværk, og det lover rigtig godt for forløbet. Alle de tilmeldte arbejder for at udvikle økologien i en bedre retning, og i denne workshop stiller vi spørgsmålet: hvordan vi kan vide, om økologien bliver bedre. Det kan være svært at gennemskue for den enkelte, om det vi hver især arbejder med og arbejder for bidrager til, at økologien samlet set udvikler sig til det bedre i praksis. På workshoppen skal vi i fællesskab reflektere over, hvad spørgsmålet, som er overskrift for workshoppen, betyder, og vi skal gerne nå frem til noget, vi hver især vil gøre anderledes fremover - efter workshoppen. En forudsætning for at vi kan nå til en sådan afklaring er, at...

Tipo: Other

Palavras-chave: Knowledge management.

Ano: 2013

URL: http://orgprints.org/24425/43/24425.pdf

Thorsøe, Martin H.; Noe, Egon.

The organic food market is constantly evolving and organic products are exchanged at multiple markets constituted by particular forms of interaction between producers and consumers. The aim of this paper is to explore how the market influences organic production by looking at the relation between the market and producers engagement towards trust and quality building as well as farm level production strategy. We distinguish between four different market agencements, an arrangement of actors with agency: 1) standardizing market agencement, 2) personalizing market agencement 3) virtualizing market agencement and 4) aesthetifying market agencement. Through qualitative interviews with organic producers, several different strategies are identified. The data...

Samfundsnyttig økologi og borgerne

Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Networks and ownership; Consumer issues; Policy environments and social economy; History of organics.

Ano: 2014

URL: http://orgprints.org/27706/7/27706.pdf

Økologisk jordbrug en platform med et fantastisk potentiale for at udvikle det samfundsnyttige landbrug. Men økologireguleringen og Ø-mærket har været med til spoleret dette potentiale, ved en standardisering af produktion, at fastlåse produktionsmetoden og ved at afkoble afkoblet primærproduktionen i forhold til kvalitet (Private label). Det er kæden der skaber forbruger og ikke omvendt og de økologiske fødevarekæder kan skabe samfundsnytte ved at: - Undersøge de potentialer der er knyttet til primærproduktionen - Mobilisere alle aktørerne i kæden, gerne inddrage nye typer af aktører - Gå for en organisering af samarbejdet der understøtter en lang tidshorisont - Sørge for et forum/partnerskab hvor gensidig afhængighed kan iagttages og diskuteres -...

How can we know if organics becomes better? A perspectivist view on multicriteria assessment

Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Markets and trade.

Ano: 2015

URL: http://orgprints.org/29297/7/29297.pdf

Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted; Noe, Egon.

This paper aims to provide insights into the deeper challenges of making and communicating overall assessments of organic food systems. Methods to do overall sustainability assessment are very different, they produce different assessments, and none of them can claim to have the ‘right’ answer. This paper aims to show some of the deeper challenges of making and communicating overall assessments of organic food systems, by investigating the role of scientific and stakeholder perspectives. Some results are that (1) sustainability is a paradoxical perspective, which relies on a multitude of specialised scientific perspectives; (2) assessments are based on built-in, but mostly hidden and sometimes incompatible values; and (3) the key to successful overall...

Quality dimensions as an analytical tool to study food networks and development trajectories – A Pirsigian based framework illustrated by Danish organic food chains

Palavras-chave: Research methodology and philosophy.

Ano: 2014

URL: http://orgprints.org/23904/1/23904%20Alroe%20and%20Noe_MM.pdf

Noe, Egon; Alrøe, Hugo F..

This paper includes some reflections upon the main theme of this working group: That the different trajectories of European organics are strongly linked to different development pathways in the food networks, and how this question could be interrogated.

Observing the observers – uncovering the role of values in research assessments of organic food systems

Palavras-chave: Food systems.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://orgprints.org/11255/1/W14_Noe_Alroe.doc

Thorsøe, Martin H.; Noe, Egon; Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted.

Assessing the overall effects of organic food systems is important, but also a challenge because organic food systems cannot be fully assessed from one single research perspective. The aim of the article is to uncover the role of values in assessments of organic food systems as a basis for discussing the implications of combining multiple perspectives in overall sustainability assessments of the food system. We explore how values are embedded in five research perspectives assessing organic food systems, 1) Food Science, 2) Discourse Analysis, 3) Phenomenology, 4) Neoclassical Welfare Economics and 5) Actor-Network Theory. The article shows that value has various meanings in different scientific perspectives, and that a strategy for including and balancing...

Tipo: Journal paper

Palavras-chave: Indicators and other value-laden measures; Systems research and participatory research.

Ano: 2013

URL: http://orgprints.org/24620/7/24620.pdf

Opsamling på projektmøde 4 i MultiTrust projektet 7-8 nov. 2012

Robuste og højtydende økologiske sædskifter i praksis

PROGRAM Onsdag den 7. november (mødelokale 7) 10.00 Ankomst og kaffe Fastlægge programmet for de to dage 11.00 WP2 rapport færdiggørelse (Jeppe m.fl.) (parallelt) Policy workshop forberedelse (Erik og Sven) 12.00 – 12.45 Frokost 13.00 – 14.45 WP 3 workshop (parallelt) Motivationspaper til Special Feature forberedelse 15.00 – 16.00 PMC møde om milestones og deliverables – hvor er vi og hvad skal vi Torsdag den 8. november (mødelokale 9) 9.00 Velkomst og kaffe Lise – hvad vil du her 9.30 Fælles opdatering af hvor vi er (Egon) 10.00 Præsentation af WP 2 rapport (Jeppe) Fokus på kap 2, tværgående tematisering 10.45 Kaffe 11.00 Special Feature opsamling (Hugo) 11.30 Oplæg til planlægning af...

Tipo: Other

Palavras-chave: Knowledge management.

Ano: 2013

URL: http://orgprints.org/22334/7/22334.pdf

I det økologiske forskningsprojekt, HighCrop, under GUDP - går økologiske planteavlere, konsulenter og forskere sammen om at finde ud af, hvordan planteavlen på de økologiske planteavlsbedrifter kan udvikles til at være mere robuste og bæredygtige. Et af indsatsområderne er, via interviewbesøg med 10 økologiske planteavlere, at afdække, hvordan den faglige viden når ud til landmændene, og hvilke rådgivningstiltag og redskaber der bedst muligt kan understøtte denne vidensdeling.

Knowledge Asymmetries Between Research and Practice: A Social Systems Approach to Implementation Barriers in Organic Arable Farming

Palavras-chave: Social aspects; Technology transfer; Farm nutrient management.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://orgprints.org/22155/3/22155.PDF

Multikriteriel vurdering og kommunikation af økologiske fødevaresystemer - Fem perspektiver på udfordringer og muligheder samt tværfaglige overvejelser

Noe, Egon; Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted; Thorsøe, Martin H.; Sørensen, Peter; Melander, Bo; Olesen, Jørgen E.; Fog, Erik.

Research in organic cropping systems has identified basic principles for increasing the robustness and production level of organic arable systems. But even though farmers know these principles, they have not implemented them in practice. This paper aims to improve our understanding of this “knowledge gap” using the theory of knowledge asymmetries, and discusses the implications for research, extension and practice. The paper is based on interviews with 10 organic arable farms focused on how to understand the barriers from the perspective and context of the farming system. The findings show that some barriers are due to lack of knowledge of suggested actions, calling for more ordinary dissemination. But this cannot at all explain all the barriers. The...

Tipo: Journal paper

Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Knowledge management.

Ano: 2015

URL: http://orgprints.org/25416/7/25416.pdf

Farm enterprises as self-organizing systems: A new framework for studying farm enterprises?

Læssøe, Jeppe; Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted; Noe, Egon; Christensen, Tove; Olsen, Søren Bøye; Dubgaard, Alex; Kærgård, Niels; Rittenhofer, Iris; Povlsen, Karen Klitgaard.

MultiTrust projektet har til formål at udvikle metoder til vurdering og kommunikation vedrørende de effekter som økologiske fødevaresystemer har på miljø, menneske og samfund. Hensigten hermed er dels at gøre de økologiske producenter bedre i stand til at udvikle økologien i overensstemmelse med de økologiske principper og i synergi med samfundets målsætninger, dels at gøre det lettere for forbrugere, borgere og politikere at sætte sig ind i og bedømme de forskelligartede bidrag som økologiske fødevaresystemer tilbyder. Det forventes at sådanne redskaber til multikriteriel vurdering og kommunikation kan understøtte en integreret og troværdig udvikling af økologisk jordbrug, og dermed underbygge økologiens langsigtede vækst. Projektet har formuleret tre...

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Technology assessment Values; Standards and certification Education; Extension and communication Quality and evaluation of inputs Knowledge management.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://orgprints.org/22125/7/22125.pdf

The growing attention to sustainable food production and multifunctional agriculture calls for a general perspective of farming that is able to grasp the social, technical, and economical aspects of a farm and the dynamic relationship between the farm enterprises and the surrounding world. The dominating theories within rural sociology reveal their shortcomings when they are applied to grasp the dynamic entity of a farm enterprise and its co-evolution with the structural surroundings, market, technology, knowledge, policy etc. The claim of this paper is that a new concept of a farm enterprise as a self-organizing social system can serve as a fruitful framework for studying the development of multifunctional agriculture in a changing global society. In...