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Factors influencing the flexibility of farming systems Case study of the Flemish beef farming sector Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In Western countries, most farming systems are highly specialized with a strong focus on increasing productivity, maximum biological control and technological optimization. Nonetheless, these farming systems experience economic and social difficulties and are confronted with the ecological boundaries of their environment. As a response, there is increasing attention for a shift in agricultural focus from optimization and control to one on ...
What determines the flexibility of farming systems? A case-study of the bovine farming sector in Belgium Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
This paper reports on a qualitative study into the factors that determine the flexibility of bovine farming systems. Flexibility is defined as the room for change, or the size of the choice set that remains available in the future. Using in-depth interviews in three stages, we identified several factors that leave the farmers with limited scope for change. These factors relate to the triumvirate government, agro-industry and research. A great ...
What determines the flexibility of farming systems? : a case-study of the bovine farming sector in Belgium Ghent University
Agro-ecological implications of forest and agroforestry systems conversion to cereal-based farming systems in the White Nile Basin, Ethiopia Ghent University KU Leuven
How do Stakeholders Perceive the Sustainability and Resilience of EU Farming Systems? Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
An increasing variety of stresses and shocks provides challenges and opportunities for EU farming systems. This article presents findings of a participatory assessment on the sustainability and resilience of eleven EU farming systems, to inform the design of adequate and relevant strategies and policies. According to stakeholders that participated in workshops, the main functions of farming systems are related to food production, economic ...
Multilevel and multi-user sustainability assessment of farming systems Hasselt University Ghent University University of Antwerp
Sustainability assessment is needed to build sustainable farming systems. A broad range of sustainability concepts, methodologies and applications already exists. They differ in level, focus, orientation, measurement, scale, presentation and intended end-users. In this paper we illustrate that a smart combination of existing methods with different levels of application can make sustainability assessment more profound, and that it can broaden the ...
Understanding smallholder farming systems for food security in Burundi Ghent University
While food demand continues to increase as a result of high population growth, declining land availability has led to high rate of rural poverty and food insecurity in Burundi. An analysis of the scope for improved rural livelihoods and householdsU+2019 living conditions on small-scale farms was made in this study. The main goal was to gain understanding on the countryU+2019s agrarian systems and to identify possible trajectories that could ...