Facilitating sustainable agriculture : participatory learning and adaptive management in times of environmental uncertainty (Record no. 39786)
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| fixed length control field | 02881nam a2200289 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521581745 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0521581745 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521794817 |
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| ISBN | 0521794811 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 630 |
| Item number | FAC |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Facilitating sustainable agriculture : participatory learning and adaptive management in times of environmental uncertainty<br/><br/> |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge, U.K ; New York : |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press, |
| Year of publication | 1998. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxvi, 318p. : |
| Other physical details | illustrations |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Included Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. A new practice: facilitating sustainable agriculture / Niels G. Roling and M. Annemarie E. Wagemakers --<br/>2. Supportive policies and practice for scaling up sustainable agriculture / Jules N. Pretty --<br/>3. The second wing of the eagle: the human dimension in learning our way to more sustainable futures / James Woodhill and Niels G. Roling --<br/>4. Developing standards for sustainable farming in Switzerland / Michael Roux and Abraham Blum --<br/>5. Extension functions and farmers' attitudes in Greece / Alex Koutsouris and Dimitrios Papadopoulos --<br/>6. Integrated arable farming in the Netherlands / Willem van Weperen, Jet Proost and Niels G. Roling --<br/>7. Learning about sustainable agriculture: the case of Dutch arable farmers / Nadet Somers --<br/>8. The diffusion of eco-farming in Germany / Alexander Gerber and Volker Hoffmann --<br/>9. Introducing integrated pest management in rice in Indonesia: a pioneering attempt to facilitate large-scale change / Niels G. Roling and Elske van de Fliert --<br/>10. Co-learning tools: powerful instruments of change in Southern Queensland, Australia / Gus Hamilton --<br/>11. A social harvest reaped from a promise of springtime: user-responsive, participatory agricultural research in Asia / Gelia T. Castillo --<br/>12. Integrated farming systems: a sustainable agriculture learning community in the USA / John W. Fisk, Oran B. Hesterman and Thomas L. Thorburn --<br/>13. Fomenting synergy: experiences with facilitating Landcare in Australia / Andrew Campbell --<br/>14. The implementation of nature policy in the Netherlands: platforms designed to fail / Mathieu Wagemans and Jouke Boerma --<br/>15. Communication between farmers and government over nature: a new approach to policy development / Cees van Woerkum and Noelle Aarts --<br/>16. The ecological knowledge system / Niels G. Roling and Janice Jiggins. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | A unique examination of the social implications of adopting more ecologically sound agricultural practices. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Sustainable agriculture. |
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| Topical Term | Agriculture -- Technology transfer. |
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| Topical Term | Agricultural extension work. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Agriculture durable -- Vulgarisation. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Politique agricole. |
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| Topical Term | Technologietransfer. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Agrarpolitik. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Roling, N.G : (Editor) |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wagemaker, M.A.E : (Editor) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 06/05/2008 | Donation | 3100.00 | 630 FAC | 011066 | Reference Books |