Designed to Fail: Why Regulatory Agencies Don’t Work
“The reason salaried government regulators can be corrupted is that writing and enforcing effective regulations is not their number one priority. Their main objective is keeping […]
Articles by philon
Role of input self-suffi ciency in the economic and environmental sustainability of specialised dairy farms
A paper published in Animal en décembre 2014 : S1751731114002845a Increasing input self-sufficiency is often viewed as a target to improve sustainability of dairy farms. However, few […]
Sustainability indicators for livestock farming. A review
A paper by Thérésa Lebacq published in Agronomy and Sustainable development Full version in pdf : Lebacq2013 Intensive livestock farming has raised issues about environmental impacts […]
A new approach for comparing and categorizing farmers’ systems of practice based on cognitive mapping and graph theory indicators
in studies of the diversity of systems of practice, using a combination of statistical methods and semi-qualitative modelling can take account of the inherent complexity of […]
Conference in Vilnius on Innovation in agriculture
Video of a presentation at Vilnius EURAGRI conference on Innovation in agriculture.
Cognitive maps to understand agricultural practices
This work confirmed that a social cognitive map could be drawn up for multiple loca- tions. The results showed how this inductive cognitive mapping approach overcame two limitations frequently highlighted in previous studies: the diverse interpretations of variables and relationships; and the difficulty in revealing the rationale in cognitive maps.
Agroecology vs. sustainable intensification
Beyond the production paradigm : Feeding the world is a matter of sustainability and equity A presentation at the EAAP 2014 meeting in Copenhagen during a […]
How agricultural research systems shape a technological regime that develops genetic engineering but locks out agroecological innovations
Gaëtan Vanloqueren∗, Philippe V. Baret Research Policy 38 (2009) 971–983 Vanloqueren, Baret – How Agricultural Research (full text in pdf) Agricultural science and technology (S&T) is […]
A different science for sustainable development ?
Commissioned by the Walloon minister of Research and Sustainable Development, a comprehensive and mind-blowing report
Transgenic plants are out of fashion
GMO are out of fashion. An interview in De Morgen for the celebration of the thirty year of VIB (in Dutch). Along the same lines, on the same […]