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082			_a630 _bFAC
245			_aFacilitating sustainable agriculture : participatory learning and adaptive management in times of environmental uncertainty
260			_aCambridge, U.K ; New York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1998.
300			_axxvi, 318p. : _billustrations
500			_aIncluded Index
505			_a1. A new practice: facilitating sustainable agriculture / Niels G. Roling and M. Annemarie E. Wagemakers -- 2. Supportive policies and practice for scaling up sustainable agriculture / Jules N. Pretty -- 3. The second wing of the eagle: the human dimension in learning our way to more sustainable futures / James Woodhill and Niels G. Roling -- 4. Developing standards for sustainable farming in Switzerland / Michael Roux and Abraham Blum -- 5. Extension functions and farmers' attitudes in Greece / Alex Koutsouris and Dimitrios Papadopoulos -- 6. Integrated arable farming in the Netherlands / Willem van Weperen, Jet Proost and Niels G. Roling -- 7. Learning about sustainable agriculture: the case of Dutch arable farmers / Nadet Somers -- 8. The diffusion of eco-farming in Germany / Alexander Gerber and Volker Hoffmann -- 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 -- 10. Co-learning tools: powerful instruments of change in Southern Queensland, Australia / Gus Hamilton -- 11. A social harvest reaped from a promise of springtime: user-responsive, participatory agricultural research in Asia / Gelia T. Castillo -- 12. Integrated farming systems: a sustainable agriculture learning community in the USA / John W. Fisk, Oran B. Hesterman and Thomas L. Thorburn -- 13. Fomenting synergy: experiences with facilitating Landcare in Australia / Andrew Campbell -- 14. The implementation of nature policy in the Netherlands: platforms designed to fail / Mathieu Wagemans and Jouke Boerma -- 15. Communication between farmers and government over nature: a new approach to policy development / Cees van Woerkum and Noelle Aarts -- 16. The ecological knowledge system / Niels G. Roling and Janice Jiggins.
520			_aA unique examination of the social implications of adopting more ecologically sound agricultural practices.
650			_aSustainable agriculture.
650			_aAgriculture -- Technology transfer.
650			_aAgricultural extension work.
650			_aAgriculture durable -- Vulgarisation.
650			_aPolitique agricole.
650			_aTechnologietransfer.
650			_aAgrarpolitik.
700			_a Roling, N.G : (Editor)
700			_aWagemaker, M.A.E : (Editor)
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