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2. Facilitating agricultural innovation systems: a critical realist approach
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Koutsouris, Alexis (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 187 Document Number: D01008
- Journal Title:
- Studies in Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 114 : 64-70
3. Farmer knowledge as formal knowledge: a case study of farmer-led research in Ontario, Canada
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nelson, Erin (author), Hargreaves, Sarah (author), and Muldoon, Dillon (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-08-22
- Published:
- USA: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12954
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
- Journal Title Details:
- V.12, N.4
- Notes:
- 24 pages, Farmer-led research (FLR) is a process of inquiry wherein farmers use scientific methods to address their own on-farm curiosities and challenges in ways that are compatible with the scale and management style of their operations. With its flexible, adaptable, participatory, grassroots-oriented nature, FLR has typically been employed by farmers interested in ecological farming techniques and technologies, and evidence shows that it contributes to the adoption and improvement of ecological management practices across a range of contexts. Engagement in FLR initiatives has also been linked to positive social outcomes, including community-building, farmer empowerment, and enhanced capacity for leadership and collective action. In this paper, we present a case study of the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario’s (EFAO) Farmer-Led Research Program (FLRP), which is currently one of relatively few FLR initiatives in North America. We draw on data from a participatory, mixed-methods research project. Our results highlight how the FLRP is enabling farmers to feel more knowledgeable, confident, motivated, and inspired to adopt and/or improve ecological practices on their farms, in part by supporting them in building robust social networks that align with their farming values and priorities.
4. Just knowing: tacit knowledge
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Parminter, Terry (author) and Neild, Jeremy (author)
- Format:
- Abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2013-08
- Published:
- New Zealand
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02418
- Notes:
- Page 29 - Abstract of a paper presented at the International Conference of the Australasia Pacific Extension Network (APEN), Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 26-28, 2013. 100 pages.