Facilitating sustainable agriculture: participatory learning and adaptive management in times of environmental uncertainty

Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. A new practice: facilitating sustainable agriculture N. Roling and A. Wagemakers 2. Supportive policies and practices for scaling up sustainable agriculture J. Pretty 3. The second wing of the eagles: the human dimension in learning our way to more sustainable futures J. Woodhill and N. Roling Part II. Environmental Policies and Farmers' Reactions: 4. Developing standards for sustainable farming in the Swiss Alps M. Roux and A. Blum 5. Extension functions and farmers' attitudes in Greece A. Koutsouris and D. Papadopoulos 6. Integrated arable farming in the Netherlands W. van Weperen, M. Proost and N. Roling Part III. Farmer Learning, Its Facilitation and Supportive Institutions: 7. Learning about sustainable agriculture: the case of Dutch arable farmers 8. The diffusion of eco-farming in Germany A. Gerber and V. Hoffmann 9. Transforming extension for sustainable agriculture: the case of integrated pest management in rice in Indonesia N. Roling and E. van de Fliert 10. Co-learning tools: powerful instruments of change in southern Queensland, Australia G. Hamilton 11. A social harvest reaped from a promise of springtime. User-responsive, participatory agricultural research in Asia G. T. Castillo Part IV. Platforms For Agricultural Resources Use Negotiation: 12. Integrated farming systems: a sustainable agriculture learning community in the USAJ. Fisk, O. Hesterman, and T. Thorburn 13. Fomenting energy: experiences with facilitating landcare in Australia A. Campbell 14. The implementation of nature policy in the Netherlands: platforms designed to fail M. Wagemans and J. Boerma 15. The communication between farmers and government over nature: a new approach to policy development C. van Woerkum and M. Aarts Part V. Synthesis: 16. The ecological knowledge system About the authors List of figures Tables Boxes List of abbreviations and acronyms Index.