Table of Contents

Preface 7; General introduction 19; Hans Langeveld, Niels Roling and Janice Jiggins; How sustainable can agriculture be in an EU-scenario of free market & social policy? 23; P.H. Vereijken and C.M.L. Hermans; Section 1 - Learning as a process; Introduction to section 1 - Learning as a process: Understanding one's role in the new learning demands of multifunctional land use systems, working with different actors, tools and scales 27; Nadarajah Sriskandarajah, Marianne Cerf and Egon Noe; Where do participatory approaches meet social learning systems in the context of environmental decision making? 29; Chris Blackmore; The action researcher as a reflective partner to a core group 35; Dorthe Christensen and Nadarajah Sriskandarajah; New futures for traditional regions: A dairy farming systems response to regional development in Australia 40; Anne Crawford, Mark Paine, Howard Smith and Tom Davison; Learning from participatory research with organic farmers in the UK and Sweden 45; David Gibbon, Cheney Longville and Karin Eksvard; Setting a research agenda to support change in agriculture: Learning processes, stakeholder participation, R&D policy making 49; Bernard Hubert; Sustainable rural development and communicative learning 54; Egon Noe and Anne-Mette S. Langvad; Landscapes and sugar boxes for learning in rural areas management 59; Richard Raymond, Salma Loudiyi and Sylvie Lardon; Farmer stable schools: A fruitful way for Danish organic dairy farmers with the goal to phase out antibiotics from their herds 64; Mette Vaarst; The changing perception of expert advice in nature conservation: A case of the Drentsche Aa 69; Severine van Bommel. Lessons learned about instigating change towards an AKIS/RD in Brandenburg, Germany 74; Kirsten von der Heiden; Building the capacity of the Australian dairy RD&E continuum: How do we create a learning platform? 79; Jane M. Weatherley and Mark S. Paine; The learning potential of farmers' market 84; Lotten Westberg, Johanna Bjorklund, Ulrika Geber and Rebecka Milestad; Project setup and learning processes in participative systems oriented research initiatives 89; J.W.A. Langeveld, A. Crawford, M. Paine, S. Pinheiro, W. de Boef, I.S. Kristensen, J. Hermansen, B. Dedieu, P. Hildebrand, V. Cabrera, D. Jansen and J. Dixon; Constructing new appreciative frameworks: Self inspiring from multi-agent systems 91; H. Morales, J.F. Tourrand and P. Bommel; Labor market competencies and agricultural extension and education undergraduates 92; Reza Movahedi and Uwe Jens Nagel; Building effective learning networks among researchers and stakeholders in the Danish context 93; Nadarajah Sriskandarajah, Dorthe Christensen, Sofie Kobayashi and Henrik Sonksen; Use of the nutrient cycle tool in developing sustainable dairy production systems 94; Willem van Weperen; Section 2 - Agriculture, land use and sustainable development; Introduction to section 2 - Agriculture, land use and sustainable development 97; Artur Cristovao, Ken Giller, Luigi Omodei Zorini and Philippe Perrier-Cornet; Towards sustainable farming: Regional pilots on changing land use under the European Water Framework Directive 101; Sarie Buijze and Frank van Lamoen; Sustainable dairy farming systems for a deregulated market in northern Australia 106; R.G. Chataway, R.G. Walker, M.N. Callow and H.L. Todd; Network analysis of farming and non-farming activities for sustainable development 111; Caterina Contini, Luigi Omodei Zorini and Roberto Polidori; Local organizations in the Douro-Duero region of Portugal and Spain: Towards a pluralistic local animation system 116; Artur Cristovao, Alberto Baptista and Raquel Miranda; Is there a place for small-scale production and local food systems? 121; Artur Cristovao, Manuel Luis Tiberio, Sonia Abreu and Alberto Baptista. Marvao polyculture mosaic's fate: Searching the way for a rural area in transition 126; Milena Andrade Dneboska, Teresa Pinto-Correia and Patricia Pedro-Rego; Organic manure availability, food security and poverty relationships at farm level in the old cotton basin of Mali 132; M.S. Keita, J.F. Belieres, J. Coulibaly, B. Rapidel and R. Poccard-Chapuis; Modelling environmental benefits of silvoarable agroforestry in Europe 138; J.H.N. Palma, A.R. Graves, R.G.H. Bunce, P.J. Burgess, R. de Filippi, K.J. Keesman, H. van Keulen, F. Liagre, M. Mayus, G. Moreno, Y. Reisner and F. Herzog; Biomass production, transformation and allocation at the village scale in Southern Mali: Development of a conceptual model 144; Bruno Rapidel, Rene Poccard-Chapuis, Jean-Francois Belieres, Bouba S. Traore, Jacob Coulibaly, Drissa Diallo and Matthieu Lessnoff; Institutions for anthropogenic nature: Case study from Brabant 149; Niels Roling and Janice Jiggins; The construction of a coherent vision for territorial development 154; Markus Schermer; Urban oriented agriculture: The case of Almere (The Netherlands) 159; Derk Jan Stobbelaar, Marleen Warnaar, Jan Eelco Jansma and Walter A.H. Rossing; The contribution of non-farm small-medium enterprises to rural development 164; H. Theodoropoulou and S. Kyriakopoulou; Agrobiodiversity as driving force of sustainable rural development 169; Menko Wiersema and Frans van Alebeek; Reconnecting conservation & livelihood objectives through non-timber forest product certification 174; David S. Wilsey; Socio-cultural issues of dairy production systems in the Netherlands: Results of farm visits with six citizen panels 179; B.K. Boogaard, S.J. Oosting and B.B. Bock; Socio-cultural values of Dutch dairy systems: Case study in the Krimpenerwaard and the Alblasserwaard on farm and landscape level 180; Daniel de Jong, S.J. Oosting and B.K. Boogaard; Carbon stocks in smallholder agroecosystems in Malawi: A farming systems approach 181; Peter Hildebrand and Paul Thangata; Evaluation of landscape preferences of Montado in southern Portugal as a contribution for management 182; Diana Jezova and Teresa Pinto. Towards a dairy system that produces more than milk 183; Jan J.H.M. Ketelaars, Frits K. van Evert and Ben Rutgers; Organic and integrated farming systems in Greece: A comparative analysis 184; Eleni Oxouzi, Athanasios Theocharopoulos, Vasilis Bagiatis and Evangelos Papanagiotou; The socioeconomic integration of expatriates in the rural prefecture of Rodopi, Greece 185; H. Theodoropoulou and E. Pastrapa; Rural policy in Europe: Experiences with the LEADER approach in the Netherlands 186; Anouk van Gils; Sustainable development in Polish agriculture: Main streams and development directions 188; Jadwiga Ziolkowska; Section 3 - The future of farming; Introduction to section 3 - The future of farming 191; Benoit Dedieu, Colin Newsham and Rebecka Milestad; Farmer relationship to nature conservation and biodiversity 195; Johan Ahnstrom and Lars Hallgren; Future prospects of the average Norwegian farm 200; Hilde Bjorkhaug; Diversity of women's role and motivation in Norwegian farms 206; Hilde Bjorkhaug, Reidun Heggem and Kjersti Melberg; Multifunctional farms and rural development: A study of four Swedish rural areas 212; Johanna Bjorklund and Rebecka Milestad; What is the future for farming inside the agri-food chain? 217; Sylvie Bonny; Farming systems under saline conditions 223; Willem A. Brandenburg; How do dairy farmers face work problems? Some elements about the adaptation of the technical systems in Central France 227; Sylvie Cournut and Benoit Dedieu; Can family farmers be understood as adaptive managers? 232; Ika Darnhofer; Interests and policies for becoming farmers: The case of young women farmers in Greece 237; I. Gidarakou, L. Kazakopoulos and A. Koutsouris; Exploring the multifunctional role of farming systems 242; John E. Hermansen, Egon Noe and Niels Halberg. The labour organization of small-scale breeders in the Brazilian Amazon is a key point for sustainable development 247; Nathalie Hostiou, Jean-Francois Tourrand, Jonas Bastos da Veiga, Alice Margarida Negreiros Alves and Tienne Barbosa; Commercial flexibility of beef cattle farms 252; Stephane Ingrand, Eduardo Chia, Charles-Henri Moulin and Julie Cessieux; How are European farmers dealing with global environmental changes? 257; C. Macombe; The future of farming in Norway: Processes of recruitment and intergenerational transitions 262; Kjersti Melberg and Christin Berg; Farmers' new participation in food supply chains: Making horizontal and vertical progress by networking 267; Minna Mikkola and Laura Seppanen; Working conditions: A challenge for sustainability of mountain family farming systems diagnosis at farm level and responses designed by farmers in the Alps 272; Sandrine Petit, Laurent Dobremez and Philippe Fleury; What technical changes are needed for traditional dairy farming systems in less favoured regions? 277; Vincent Thenard, Jean-Pierre Theau, Olivier Therond and Michel Duru; Structure and operation of small scale farming in the oasis in southern Algeria 282; Salah Eddine BenZiouche; Developing organic farming in Norway through systemic action research 283; H.W. Carlsen, T.A. Breland, G. Lieblein and C. Francis; Farming styles and the future of pig farming in Midi Pyrenees 284; Monica A.M. Commandeur and Francois Casabianca; Transformation of livestock farming in Cameroon: Changes in breeding practices and evolution of farmer profiles 285; Patrice Djamen, Jean Lossouarn and Michel Havard; Farming future in China: Has time come for financial transfers? 286; Michel A.C. Fok, Weili Liang, Guiyan Wang and Yuhong Wu; Rural transport and development: Case of the agro-pastors of the djebel Amour (Algeria) 287; Bennoui Foudil; The LIFESCAPE approach: Identity and landscape as an incentive for economic development 288; Rob Maessen and Peter Nowicki. The influence of climatic and socio-economic conditions on farm performance in Europe 289; Pytrik Reidsma and Frank Ewert; Greek agricultural sector: Facing the challenges 290; Athanasios Theocharopoulos, Eleni Oxouzi, Venetia Kourkouta and Evangelos Papanagiotou; It Frysk Boerespul: Historical farmhouses with modern agrarian functions 291; Luitzen Walstra and Marit de Vries; Section 4 - Agricultural knowledge and innovation systems in transition; Introduction to section 4 - Agricultural knowledge and innovation systems in transition 295; Kirsten von der Heiden, Cees Leeuwis and Uwe Jens Nagel; Farming with future: Implementation of sustainable agriculture through a network of stakeholders 299; Harm Brinks and Stefanie de Kool; Knowledge development for weed management in organic farm systems in the UK 304; G. Davies, R.J. Turner and D. Gibbon; Social construction of knowledge: A leading perspective in a participatory research training programme in Santa Catarina, Brazil 309; Walter S. de Boef and Sergio L.G. Pinheiro; Participative approaches and extension practices towards sustainable agriculture: A methodological approach based on sociology of translation 314; Philippe Fleury, Christoph Kirchengast, Valerie Mieville-Ott, Nathalia Magnani and Sandrine Petit; Creating a Nordic regional research network in agroecology: Links to MSc education 320; Charles Francis, Tor Arvid Breland, Geir Lieblein, Lennart Salomonsson, Ulrika Geber, Nadarajah Sriskandarajah, Vibeke Langer, John Porter and Juha Helenius; Extension as a knowledge partner in farming systems research: Early lessons from "FutureDairy" Australia 325; Sean Kenny and Ruth Nettle; Technological innovation in extension services and institutional change: Learning from a historical comparison between France and the Netherlands 330; Pierre Labarthe; (Re)-innovating tools for decision-support in the light of farmers' various strategies 335; Anne-Mette S. Langvad and Egon Noe; New knowledge arrangements in the Dutch agro-ecological innovation system: Tensions between privatisation and innovation discourses 340; Cees Leeuwis and Laurens Klerkx. Immaterial resources: A new concept to formalize information mobilized by beef cattle farmers in their husbandry activity 345; M.-A. Magne, S. Ingrand and M. Cerf; Farming systems and its cousins: Including and transcending to make a difference 350; C.L. Neely and J.M. Dixon; How to lay the golden eggs? Experiences from collaboration between industry and research in socially accepted poultry meat production in The Netherlands 355; Jet Proost, Ferry Leenstra, Kees Lokhorst, Hilde van Dijkhorst and Cees Leeuwis; "Ownership" in trans-disciplinary projects 361; S.F. Spoelstra, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp and A.P. Bos; Coupling goal-based modelling to farm innovation 366; Barbara Sterk and Martin K. van Ittersum; Chances of success in investing all AKIS/RD's efforts in informal linkages under privatised extension conditions 370; Kirsten von der Heiden; Improving leaders' skills and competencies: The challenge for farming systems in the beginning of the millennium 376; Ana Alice Vilas Boas and Milton Bernardes Ferreira; Intermediate roles in privatised extension systems: The Dutch case 381; Eelke Wielinga; The development of a monitoring method for innovation projects 386; Barbara van Mierlo and Cees Leeuwis; Applied research for organic dairy farming 387; J.B. Pinxterhuis; Section 5 - Management of natural resources; Introduction to section 5 - Management of natural resources 391; Chris Stoate, Andrea Knierim and Jacques Baudry; Can earth observation technology improve efficient water use in irrigation systems? A case study of an irrigation scheme in Chaves 393; Alberto Baptista and Vicente Sousa; Supporting discussions on land use: A design instrument that integrates nature conservation, economic performance and landscape quality in agricultural areas 399; Jeroen C.J. Groot, Walter A.H. Rossing, Derk Jan Stobbelaar, Henk Renting and Martin K. van Ittersum. Nutrient recycling potential of linked components in wetland and rainfed farming systems of western zone of Tamil Nadu, India 405; C. Jayanthi, S. Marimuthu, G. Vivek and B. Sivakami; Improving natural resource management by "thinking industry and acting regionally": Introduction and successes of dairy Australia's multi-scaled natural resource management strategy 409; J. Jennings, P. Day, C. Phelps and R. Packham; New ways in the management and valorisation of natural resources? Results of a comparative analysis of a sample of agriculture-environment projects of the Regional Action pilot programme in Germany 414; Karlheinz Knickel, Melanie Kroger and Sarah Peter; Activating farmers' interests: Action research for biodiversity conservation and enhancement in Brandenburg 419; Andrea Knierim and Harald Kachele; Structural development in Danish agriculture and its implications for farmland nature 424; Gregor Levin, Vibeke Langer and Pia Frederiksen; The livestock commodity chain: A lever for monitoring pioneer dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon Region? 430; Rene Poccard-Chapuis, Marcelo Thales, Adriano Venturieri, Marie-Gabrielle Piketty, Benoit Mertens, Jonas Bastos da Veiga and Jean-Francois Tourrand; Re-inventing sustainable cropping systems in Costa Chica, Mexico 435; Diego Flores Sanchez, Jobert Kleine Koerkamp, Walter A.H. Rossing, Egbert A. Lantinga and Ariena H.C. van Bruggen; Differentiation of territories according to the location of agricultural activities: Methods for regional scale approaches 440; V. Souchere, C. Mignolet, C. Schott, E. Bienaime and M. Benoit; Opportunities and constraints of farming styles to meet the landscape preferences of rural inhabitants 445; Derk Jan Stobbelaar, Florien Kuijper, Henk Renting, Jeroen C.J. Groot, Andre Jellema and Walter A.H. Rossing; Farmer-driven protection of meadow birds in the Friesian Woodlands (northern Netherlands) 450; Paul Swagemakers; Linking landowner type and landscape functions: A proposal for an integrated approach from southeast Portugal 455; Anne van Doorn. Why and how design monitoring processes of farmer practices in European landscape? 461; Marc Benoit, Michel Passouant, Claudine Thenail, Laurence Hubert-Moy, Pierre Dupraz, Christian Brassac, Florence Le Ber, Jean-Francois Marie, Christian Bockstaller, Olivier Barriere, Dominique King, Christine Le Bas and Pierre Ruelle; Interactive Technology Assessment: The ideal and the unruly practice 463; S. Goddijn, M. van Bavel, B. Bos and G. van der Peet; Farmer's choice and land productivity between direct seeding and transplanting in rainfed lowlands in Northeast Thailand and Northwest Cambodia 464; A. Kamoshita, S. Hayashi, H. Ikeda, J. Yamagishi, A. Kotchasatid, B. Jongdee, S. Chea, M. Ouk, S. Leang, S. In, C.C. Sophorn, N. Kojima, M. Hamano and K. Tokida; Improving nitrogen management on arable farms in a participative project in The Netherlands 465; J.W.A. Langeveld, F.J. de Ruijter, P. Dekker, O.A. Clevering and B.M.A. Kroonen-Backbier; Analysing the link between technical practices and social organisations: The example of a French rare breed management set up, the "Landais" sheep breed 466; A. Lauvie, A. Audiot, F. Casabianca and E. Verrier; Final section - Perspectives for participative systems oriented research; Introduction to final section - Perspectives for participative systems oriented research 471; Jan Verhagen, Hans Langeveld and John Dixon; A Farmer Field School approach for learning and exchanging knowledge on animal health and production: Results from action research in Kenya, Uganda, Vietnam and Denmark 473; M. Vaarst, J.C. Riise, P. Rasmussen and C.E.S. Larsen; Author index 475.