20 pages, To achieve social sustainability, there is a need to incorporate social metrics of farmers’ well- being into agricultural monitoring systems. We contribute to the operationalisation of the measurement of farmers’ well- being by determining how farm- level factors influence farmers’ satisfaction with their work and quality of life. Using a data sample of 1099 farms that are part of the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) in nine European countries, we tested a set of hypotheses related to work satisfaction and life quality perception based on a structural equation model. Satisfaction with on- farm work has a significant and substantial influence on satisfaction with quality of life. Farm- level aspects, such as working time, age of assets, financial situation of the farm and community engagement, significantly influenced farmers’ satisfaction with farming, but their joint effect explained less than one- fifth of the satisfaction. The results suggest that agricultural information systems intended to monitor and compare sustainability progress on farms would benefit from the integration of a metric measuring social concerns from the farmers’ point of view
International: Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University, UK.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37061
33 pages., Via online journal., The legitimacy of the dominant intensive meat production system with
respect to the issue of animal welfare is increasingly being questioned by stakeholders across the meat supply chain. The current meat supply is highly undifferentiated, catering only for the extremes of morality concerns (i.e., conventional vs.
organic meat products). However, a latent need for compromise products has been
identified. That is, consumer differences exist regarding the trade-offs they make
between different aspects associated with meat consumption. The heterogeneity in
consumer demand could function as a starting point for market segmentation, targeting and positioning regarding animal welfare concepts that are differentiated in
terms of animal welfare and price levels. Despite this, stakeholders in the meat
supply chain seem to be trapped in the dominant business model focused on low
cost prices. This paper aims to identify conflicting interests that stakeholders in the
meat supply chain experience in order to increase understanding of why heterogeneous consumer preferences are not met by a more differentiated supply of meat
products produced at different levels of animal welfare standards. In addition,
characteristics of the supply chain that contribute to the existence of high exit
barriers and difficulty to shift to more animal-friendly production systems are
identified. Following the analysis of conflicting interests among stakeholders and
factors that contribute to difficulty to transform the existing dominant regime,
different routes are discussed that may help and motivate stakeholders to overcome
these barriers and stimulate the creation of new markets.
20 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This paper demystifies the processes, methodologies and outputs of three co-design projects, identifying how and to what extent are aims and principles of the multi-actor approach realised and upheld in the field. Implications from the cases for participatory principles are discussed.
Design/Methodology/approach: A detailed ethnographic account is presented of three multi-actor co-design cases, supporting diverse readers’ interpretations and learnings.
Findings: Three paradoxes were identifiable from the multi-actor processes: (1) outputs can be orphaned when they lack strong identifiers and affiliations with discrete professional communities outside of the co-design team; (2) combining diverse knowledges co-design can generate outputs that are new and strange (rather than familiar and acceptable) to end-users; (3) for Responsible Research and Innovation, co-creating interventions that are challenging (rather than popular) to society may be required.
Practical implications: Awareness of dynamics and paradoxes arising in the implementation of multi-actor co-design supports enhanced facilitation of processes and impacts of outcomes. Together, the paradoxes highlight the critical importance of communications and engagement initiatives across diverse communities in the aftermath of co-design efforts.
Theoretical implications: Although co-design processes are case-dependent, reflexive accounts of how they play out contribute to the body of knowledge of how co-design may be better understood. The cases in this paper identify paradoxes with implications for principles and theory of multi-actor co-design.
Originality/Value: This paper presents a detailed account of three unique co-design processes. Practical and theoretical implications of the cases are identified.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 111 Document Number: C10764
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3 pages
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Archived at: Posted on Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Canada, The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/library/science/health/031400hth-gm-europe.html
19 pages, This special issue presents recent European Commission-funded research into on-farm demonstration, undertaken through the Horizon 2020 PLAID (Peer-to-peer learning: Accessing innovation through demonstration), AgriDemo-F2F (building an interactive agridemo-hub community: enhancing peer-to-peer learning), and NEFERTITI (Networking European Farms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake through Demonstration) projects, jointly branded ‘FarmDemo’.
Donohue, George A. (author), Olien, Clarice N. (author), Tichenor, Phillip J. (author), and Tichenor: Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota; Donohue: Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota; Olien: Professor and Extension Rural Sociologist, University of Minnesota
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1989
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 75 Document Number: C03826
International: Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michigan State University, East Lansing; and U. S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05682
Russo, Carlo (author), Perito, Maria Angela (author), and Di Fonzo, Antonella (author)
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Paper
Publication Date:
2011-08
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International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00246
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Paper presented at the European Association of Agricultural Economists 2011 Congress, Zurich, Switzerland, August 30-September 2, 2011. Via AgEcon Search. 12 pages.
Frewer, L.J. (author), Rowe, G. (author), Krystallis, A. (author), Lassen, J. (author), Houghton, J.R. (author), Van Kleef, E. (author), Chryssochoidis, G. (author), Korzen-Bohr, S. (author), and Pfenning, U. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2006-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27267
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23852
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From The Financial Times via Rand Corporation. 3 pages., Author comments on different perspectives of Europeans and Americans regarding food, eating and other cultural factors, as related to acceptability of genetically modified foods.
