Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture: Participatory Learning and Adaptive Management in Times of Environmental Uncertainty

dc.contributor.authorRöling, N.en
dc.contributor.authorWagemakers, M. A. E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:01Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:01Zen
dc.date.issued1998en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis book examines the implications of adapting more ecologically sound agricultural practices, both at the level of individual farmers and at the level of larger-scale agro-ecosystems such as water catchments. The emphasis of the book is on human and social aspects, rather than on agronomic or economic considerations, focusing on the learning process necessary for changes to be implemented and, in turn, on the facilitation of that learning through participatory approaches and appropriate institutional support and policy structure. It covers agricultural development, sustainable development and extension science as a move towards more flexible, sustainable agricultural practices is increasingly being seen as the way to address or avoid environmental and economic problems associated with existing, predominantly intensive, farming systems. Through case studies taken from around the world, this book examines the implications of adopting more ecologically sound agricultural practices, both at the level of individual farmers and at the level of larger-scale agro-ecosystems such as water catchments.en
dc.description.notesAvailable in SANREM office, ESen
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier2095en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66751en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherNew York, NY: Cambridge University Pressen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1998 Cambridge University Pressen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectParticipatory processesen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale Governance Watersheden
dc.titleFacilitating Sustainable Agriculture: Participatory Learning and Adaptive Management in Times of Environmental Uncertaintyen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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