Learning for Sustainability in Horticultural Production in Arctic Norway
Sustainability learning is gaining popularity as an important field within sustainability research, where farm sustainability can be understood as a learning process. In this study, we seek to reveal the sustainability learning process of farmers, utilizing a framework distinguishing contextual fact...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:48170e63fc3c4d8eab3113f56b9addba 2023-05-15T14:54:41+02:00 Learning for Sustainability in Horticultural Production in Arctic Norway Hilde Halland Lampros Lamprinakis Ingrid Kvalvik Giovanna Bertella 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.686104 https://doaj.org/article/48170e63fc3c4d8eab3113f56b9addba EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.686104/full https://doaj.org/toc/2571-581X 2571-581X doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.686104 https://doaj.org/article/48170e63fc3c4d8eab3113f56b9addba Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 5 (2021) sustainability learning double-loop learning SMART-farm arctic horticulture participatory approach Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.686104 2022-12-31T06:56:35Z Sustainability learning is gaining popularity as an important field within sustainability research, where farm sustainability can be understood as a learning process. In this study, we seek to reveal the sustainability learning process of farmers, utilizing a framework distinguishing contextual factors (where? and when?), knowledge (what?), motivation (why?), and process (how?). The article presents a participatory inquiry mixed-methods approach, utilizing results from sustainability assessments on five farms with the SMART-farm tool as a unifying starting point for further discussions on sustainability learning in farmers' interviews and stakeholder workshops. Empirically the study is set in the horticultural production in Arctic Norway, where few studies on sustainability have been undertaken. The study shows how both the complexity of the concept of farm sustainability and contextual factors influence the sustainability learning process, for instance by giving rise to a vast number of conflicting issues while working toward farm sustainability. The sustainability learning process is found to be predominantly a social learning process. The theoretic contribution of the study lies in its novel framework that can be used to reveal important aspects of the sustainability learning process, as well as to contribute to the literature on how to proceed from sustainability assessments to implementation. A key finding from the study is that farmers will require continuous assistance in their processes toward farm sustainability, but for this to be possible, knowledge, sources of knowledge, and learning platforms for holistic sustainability need to be established. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5 |
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Sustainability learning is gaining popularity as an important field within sustainability research, where farm sustainability can be understood as a learning process. In this study, we seek to reveal the sustainability learning process of farmers, utilizing a framework distinguishing contextual factors (where? and when?), knowledge (what?), motivation (why?), and process (how?). The article presents a participatory inquiry mixed-methods approach, utilizing results from sustainability assessments on five farms with the SMART-farm tool as a unifying starting point for further discussions on sustainability learning in farmers' interviews and stakeholder workshops. Empirically the study is set in the horticultural production in Arctic Norway, where few studies on sustainability have been undertaken. The study shows how both the complexity of the concept of farm sustainability and contextual factors influence the sustainability learning process, for instance by giving rise to a vast number of conflicting issues while working toward farm sustainability. The sustainability learning process is found to be predominantly a social learning process. The theoretic contribution of the study lies in its novel framework that can be used to reveal important aspects of the sustainability learning process, as well as to contribute to the literature on how to proceed from sustainability assessments to implementation. A key finding from the study is that farmers will require continuous assistance in their processes toward farm sustainability, but for this to be possible, knowledge, sources of knowledge, and learning platforms for holistic sustainability need to be established. |
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Learning for Sustainability in Horticultural Production in Arctic Norway |
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Learning for Sustainability in Horticultural Production in Arctic Norway |
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Learning for Sustainability in Horticultural Production in Arctic Norway |
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Learning for Sustainability in Horticultural Production in Arctic Norway |
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