Rural and farming systems analysis : European perspectives
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Rural and farming systems analysis : European perspectives
CAB International, c1994
Available at 6 libraries
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
The Farming Systems Research and Extension approach adopts a multidimensional perspective and has been widely used to bring about rural change in many developing countries. The approach has traditionally been less used in Europe where research has tended to concentrate on increasing production. However, with the current emphasis within the European Union on restricting surpluses and on environmental and social protection, circumstances are more appropriate to the farming systems approach. Changes to rural infrastructures and agricultural production in Central and Eastern Europe may also favour the approach. This book is the first to define the issues of farming systems research as they might be applied within a European context and extended to rural systems as a whole. Contributions are included from the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Estonia and Greece.
Table of Contents
A: Farming systems research/extension 2: Background concepts, experience and networking, D Gibbon 3: Farming systems research/extension approach and the European context: INRA experience in creating a research structure for agrarian systems and development in France, J Bonnemaire 4: Farming systems research/extension in the European context, C Spedding 5: The role of farming systems research/extension in encouraging lower use of non-renewable resources in farming, D Leaver B: Contextual Setting 6: Farming Systems approach and its relevance for agricultural development in Central and Eastern Europe, W Doppler 7: Institutionalization of agricultural extension in Estonia: Appraisal and prospects for development, I Dembovski 8: Agriculture and farming systems: Developing and implementing policies under social, political and structural change in Denmark, V Ostergaard and P Stryg 9: Objectives and attitudes of farm households in the Republic of Ireland, J Phelan 10: Food security or farm support: A sketch of food policy in the North and South, P Raikes C: Alternative Production Systems 11: Role of Farming systems research/extension in guiding high input systems towards sustainability, J Calatrava 12: Plant biotechnology and sustainable agriculture, E Pehu 13: De intensification strategies of cereal farms in lower Saxony: A contribution towards more sustainable farming systems, C Stoyke and H Waibel 14: Biomass as an alternative land use for Southern European agriculture, S Kyritsis and P G Soldatos 15: Environmental issues: Use of farming systems research/extension to resolve environmental and spatial problems, M Beniot D: Understanding Farm Households 16: Farming systems and the farm family business, A Errington and R Gasson 17: Farmers' objectives and their interaction with business and life styles: Evidence from Berkshire, England, P Perkin and T Rehman 18: An introduction to family and business stress in farm families, I Deary 19: Working knowledge concerning technical systems and decision support, F Papy 20: Gender issues in European agricultural systems, R Gasson 21: Interactions between farm households and the rural community: Effects of non-agricultural elements in farm household decision making on farming systems, J Bryden 22: Education and extension: A perpetuating paradigm for success, K Corcoran and B Dent E: Systems Methodologies 23: Agriculture: Is the Art de la Localite back? The role and function of indigenous knowledge in rural communities, J Portela 24: Interaction between extension services and farmer decision making: New issues and sustainable farming, N Roling 25: Participatory research: Water quality and changes in farming systems, J Brossier and E Chia 26: The role of farming systems research/extension in guiding low input systems towards sustainability: An agroecological approach for Andalusia, E S Guzman and ISEC Team 27: The contribution of action-research to the organization of agrarian systems: Preliminary results of experiments under way in France, F Vallerand 28: The necessity, theory and reality of developing models of farm households, G Edwards-Jones and M McGregor
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