Transition pathways towards sustainability in agriculture : case studies from Europe /

• Other Authors: Darnhofer, Ika, (Editor), Wilson, G. A. 1961- (Editor), Zagata, Lukas, (Editor), Sutherland, Lee-Ann, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
• Subjects: Sustainable agriculture > Case studies. > Europe; Agricultural systems > Case studies. > Europe; Agricultural Economics.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Agricultural policy.; Agricultural sector.; Case studies.; Change.; Farming.; Sustainability.
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The aim of this book is to improve the understanding of transition processes in European agriculture. It focuses on 'emerging transitions' - how new organizational forms and technologies change, and are changed by, mainstream actors and practices in the agricultural sector. This is achieve...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Lee-Ann Sutherland, Geoff Wilson, Lukas Zagata
• Socio-technical transitions in farming : key concepts / Ika Darnhofer
• Understanding the diversity of European rural areas / Bill Slee, Teresa Pinto-Correia
• Utilizing the multi-level perspective in empirical field research : methodological considerations / Pavlos Karanikolas, George Vlahos, Lee-Ann Sutherland
• Lifestyle farming : countryside consumption and transition towards new farming models / Teresa Pinto-Correia, Carla Gonzalez, Lee-Ann Sutherland, Mariya Peneva / More than just a factor in transition processes? The role of collaboration in agriculture / Simone Schiller, Carla Gonzalez, Sharon Flanigan
• High nature value farming : environmental practices for rural sustainability / Mariya Peneva, Mariana Draganova, Carla Gonzalez, Marion Diaz, Plamen Mishev
• Transition processes and natural resource management / George Vlahos, Simone Schiller
• On-farm renewable energy : a "classic case" of technological transition / Lee-Ann Sutherland, Sarah Peter, Lukas Zagata
• "The missing actor" : alternative agri-food networks and the resistance of key regime actors / Catherine Darrot, Marion Diaz, Emi Tsakalou, Lukas Zagata
• Local quality and certification schemes as new forms of governance in sustainability transitions / Michal Los̆t̕ák, Pavlos Karanikolas, Mariana Draganova, Lukas Zagata
• Transdisciplinarity in deriving sustainability pathways for agriculture / Teresa Pinto-Correia, Annie McKee, Helena Guimarães
• Conceptual insights derived from case studies on "emerging transitions" in farming / Ika Darnhofer, Lee-Ann Sutherland, Teresa Pinto-Correia
• Conclusions / Lee-Ann Sutherland, Lukas Zagata, Geoff Wilson.