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| Salomonsson, Lennart; Cuadra, Margarita; Tesfay, Girmay; Ssekyawa, Charles; Mendieta, Bryan; Francis, Charles; Lieblein, Geir; Breland, Tor Arvid. |
| Students interested in achieving advanced education in agriculture and food systems using holistic, integrated approaches can find MSc programmes in Agroecology that meet such demand at universities such as UMB in Norway and ISARA in France. Many students now seek opportunities to pursue a PhD degree using a systems approach across disciplines. Interdisciplinary research in Agroecology is embraced by a dispersed group of researchers around the world, and few universities have their own capacity to offer adequate PhD courses and supervision for such interdisciplinary PhD training. To design a new programme, we have established an international network of Agroecology researchers, advisors, and instructors from several universities in Europe, Africa, Asia... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Food systems. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/23867/1/23867%20AGROECOLOGY%20DOCTORAL%20PROGRAMME%20Salomonsson_MM.pdf |
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| Wiedenhoeft, Mary; Porter, Paul; Dehaan, Robert; Francis, Charles. |
| To understand multiple dimensions and connections in today’s complex farming systems, it is essential to move beyond the narrow disciplinary focus found in most university agriculture courses and learn from farmers who are intimately integrated with farm decisions. In many ways, the classical agriculture department is a human construct developed for our convenience, and as such it scarcely represents an ecological structure operating on farms. To adequately delve into the mechanisms of crop/weed, crop/animal, product/market, and myriad other interactions involved in agriculture, it is essential that we draw on methods from the biophysical and social sciences to help us understand the human activity system that is farming. For more than a decade, we have... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Animal husbandry; Crop husbandry; Food systems; Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/23912/1/23912%20IFOAM%202014%20Wiedenhoeft%20et%20al%20combining%20farmer%20experience_MM.pdf |
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| Nicolaysen, Anna Marie; Breland, Tor Arvid; Francis, Charles; Lieblein, Geir; Morse, Suzanne. |
| This paper describes an evaluation of experiential learning in agroecology, based on analysis of learning outcomes as described by students in their individual Learner (Reflection) Documents. Galt et al. (2013) highlighted the importance of reflective essays in reinforcing experiential learning. Each fall semester since 2000, students in an agroecology course in farming and food systems at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) have submitted a self-evaluation of their learning as well as the teaching process. Their Learner Document is based on a log the students write about their experiences in the field, including interactions with stakeholders on farms and in communities, and lectures and discussion sessions with students and facilitators in... |
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Palavras-chave: Systems research and participatory research Education; Extension and communication. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24086/1/24086%20IFOAM2014%20Nicolaysen_MM.pdf |
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| Francis, Charles; Nicolaysen, Anna Marie; Morse, Suzanne; Breland, Tor Arvid; Lieblein, Geir. |
| Bridging the large gap between science and experience of farmers is a crucial focus for educators who are intent on developing learning programs featuring phenomenology and practical experiences. Agroecology is emerging as an integrative and holistic approach to study agricultural and food systems. Understanding lessons learned from indigenous systems and the ecological principles on which they are built, focusing on the uniqueness of place in design and practice of farming, shifting from a discipline-specific to a holistic systems perspective, and integrating the human dimension into study of farming and food systems are all essential to building effective bridges between farmer experience and science as we practice this in university research and... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Crop husbandry; Soil; Food systems; Environmental aspects; Knowledge management. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24012/1/24012%20BRIDGING%20FARMER%20EXPERIENCE%20AND%20SCIENCE_MM.pdf |
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