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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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/22633 2023-05-15T14:22:48+02:00 Learning for Sustainability in Horticultural Production in Arctic Norway Halland, Hilde Lamprinakis, Lampros Ingrid, Kvalvik Bertella, Giovanna 2021-09-20 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22633 https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.686104 eng eng Frontiers Media Halland, H. (2022). Farm sustainability as a sustainability learning process in Arctic Norway. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/26974 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Halland H, Lamprinakis L, Ingrid, Bertella G. Learning for Sustainability in Horticultural Production in Arctic Norway. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2021 FRIDAID 1935699 doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.686104 2571-581X https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22633 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) VDP::Social science: 200 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.686104 2022-10-05T23:00:52Z 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 Arctic University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive 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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Halland, H. (2022). Farm sustainability as a sustainability learning process in Arctic Norway. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/26974 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Halland H, Lamprinakis L, Ingrid, Bertella G. Learning for Sustainability in Horticultural Production in Arctic Norway. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2021 FRIDAID 1935699 doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.686104 2571-581X https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22633 |
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