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2. Do it sistimatika: on the learning paradigm of Cretan organic olive growers seeking a rural future
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Remmers, G.G.A. (author), Gadanaki, M. (author), and Stamata, E. (author)
- Format:
- Abstract
- Publication Date:
- 1998-12
- Published:
- Crete
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: C25358
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 5(3) : 193-210
- Notes:
- Retrieved January 28, 2007, "The notion comprises knowledge about what to do, which is made up of a clear vision and technical knowledge about how to organize the work, hard work, love, and finally an ability and desire to search for and learn whatever may be needed. The aspects of love and learning capacity are usually unacknowledged in Western conceptions of development strategies informed by a so-called systems approach."
3. Information acquisition and adoption of organic farming practices
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Genius, Margarita (author), Pantzious, Christos J (author), and Tzouvelekas, Vangelis (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2006-04
- Published:
- USA: Western Agricultural Economics Association
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 208 Document Number: D13198
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- V.31, N.1
- Notes:
- 21 pages, This study offers an empirical framework for analyzing farmers' joint decisions to adopt organic farming practices and to seek technical (i.e., farming) information from various sources. To that end, a trivariate ordered probit model is specified and implemented in the case of organic land conversion in Crete, Greece. Findings suggest that the decisions of information acquisition and organic land conversion are indeed correlated, and different farming information sources play a complementary role. Structural policies improving the farmer's allocative ability are found to play an important role in encouraging organic farming adoption.