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| Firth, Chris; Philipps, Lois; Stagl, Sigrid; Benton, Tim; Brown, Katrina; Burton, Rob; Carver, Steve; Davies, Ben; Gibbon, David; Godwin, Bob; Kunin, Bill; Rigby, Dan; Salt, Steve. |
| The impacts associated with alternative methods of agricultural production, and the factors that drive their adoption, are critically dependent on the scale at which they are applied. Using organic farming as a case study, this project operating from 2006-2009 in the UK, will undertake an integrated assessment of scale effects by studying matched sets of farms situated in landscapes with high and low concentrations of organic farming. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Soil; Markets and trade; Landscape and recreation; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Social aspects; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/7124/1/Integrated_analysis_of_scale_effects_in_alt_agric_systems_Firth.doc |
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| Gibbon, David. |
| This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. This paper discusses the principles and values behind some of the innovative agricultural research methods which have evolved over the past 30 years in many countries and suggests that the lessons from this experience could have significant benefits in the development of organic research in the UK. The author argues that the key elements which need to be incorporated into a new approach to research on organic systems are:- systemic thinking (the need for a more holistic understanding of the context of farming and rural livelihoods), interdisciplinarity, (contributions from both social and natural science in the research process) and farmer-participation (the active participation and... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Research methodology and philosophy; Systems research and participatory research. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8269/1/gibbon_Systems_thinking_participation.pdf |
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