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Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-oriented Approach (Advances in Agroecology): V. Ernesto Méndez, Christopher M. Bacon, Roseann Cohen, Stephen R. Gliessman: 9781482241761: Amazon.com: Books



Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-oriented Approach (Advances in Agroecology): V. Ernesto Méndez, Christopher M. Bacon, Roseann Cohen, Stephen R. Gliessman: 9781482241761: Amazon.com: Books

Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-oriented Approach is the first book to focus on agroecology as a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented process. Using a combined theoretical and practical approach, this collection of work from pioneers in the subject along with the latest generation of acknowledged leaders engages social actors on different geo-political scales to transform the global agrifood system.

The book is divided into two sections, with the first providing conceptual bases and the second presenting case studies. It describes concepts and applications of transdisciplinary research and participatory action research (PAR). Transdisciplinary research integrates different academic disciplines as well as diverse forms of knowledge, including experiential, cultural, and spiritual. Participatory action research presents a way of engaging all relevant actors in an effort to create an equitable process of research, reflection, and activity to make desired changes. Six case studies show how practitioners have grappled with applying this integration in agroecological work within different geographic and socio-ecological contexts.

An explicit and critical discussion of diverse perspectives in the growing field of agroecology, this book covers the conceptual and empirical material of an agroecological approach that aspires to be more transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented. In addition to illustrating systems of agroecology that will improve food systems around the world, it lays the groundwork for further innovations to create better sustainability for all people, ecologies, and landscapes.

Agroecology : a transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented approach

Bacon, Christopher M.; Cohen, Roseann; Gliessman, Stephen R.; Méndez, V. Ernesto

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Organic agriculture in Serbia

Selekcija i Semenarstvo. 2017;23(2):45-53 DOI 10.5937/SelSem1702045T



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Journal Title: Selekcija i Semenarstvo

ISSN: 0354-5881 (Print); 2406-209X (Online)

Publisher: Serbian Association of Plant Breedings and Seed Producers

Society/Institution: string


LCC Subject Category: Agriculture: Agriculture (General) | Technology: Chemical technology: Biotechnology

Country of publisher: Serbia

Language of fulltext: Serbian, English

Full-text formats available: PDF



AUTHORS

Tabaković Marijenka (Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje“, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia)
Simić Milena (Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje“, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia)
Dragičević Vesna (Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje“, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia)
Brankov Milan (Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje“, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia)



EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Double blind peer review

Editorial Board

Instructions for authors

Time From Submission to Publication: 4 weeks



Abstract | Full Text

Organic agriculture, or at least its basic principles, was introduced, as an idea, in the world in the beginning of the 20th century and has been present since. Today's principles of organic agriculture were established in 1972 by founding the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFAOM). The aim of this study was to analyse concept, idea and basic principles of organic agriculture as to give an answer why does it provide chances for the development of agriculture in the world and in our country?

In Serbia, organic agriculture has been present for almost 30 years, but it is still seeking its place. It could be said, it is on the very begging in relation to the rest of the world. The reason for this is the specific production technology that increases the price of production inputs, the economic situation in the country, insufficient training of farmers and their inadequate knowledge about importance and benefits of organic agriculture. 

Great natural potential and unpolluted natural resources are Serbia's potentials for the development of this branch of agriculture. The largest areas with organic farms are in Vojvodina, but under developed rural areas and small farms should also seek their chances in such cultivation. 

Today, in the world, areas with organic agriculture amount to 0.9% of the total agricultural area. The highest average percentage of these areas is in Europe (6.2%). As many as eight countries have an average over 10%, while there are only 0.44% of such areas in Serbia. 

Organic agriculture is not just a production method, but also a new way of living of modern man. It is a return to old values and preservation of new ones. Export of such products is the only chance for our farmers, due to the economic situation, but it is necessary to develop the network of extension services that will spread the knowledge and create prerequisites that will provide better access to both the production and the products to an average farmer in our country.




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International Organic Agriculture - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

International Organic Agriculture - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
SUCHEN DEUTSCH

Specialization in „International Organic Agriculture“

The profile “International Organic Agriculture” within the MSc program 


 “Sustainable International Agriculture” offers students the unique possibility to focus entirely on Organic Agriculture. 

It includes the broad range of topics from soil, crop and animal sciences, as well as environmental, social and economic sciences. You will be asked to: Examine and assess the validity of literature from the natural and social sciences, statistics and other documents. Use state-of-the art statistical techniques to analyse ‘hard‘ and ‘soft‘ data. Apply laboratory methods, technical procedures and qualitative / quantitative approaches of data collection. Interpret and display research data. Apply your skills in the context of international and organic agriculture and agroecosystems‘ assessment.


The faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences at Witzenhausen provides a team of professors and lectures, well-experienced in Organic Agriculture since more than 30 years. Facilities like research greenhouse, research farm of 340 ha, various laboratories and adequate IT-equipment support students within their individual study profile.


Our aim is educating young people who are going to be leaders in science, policy and development, contributing to a more resource efficient and sustainable development of agriculture worldwide.
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Compulsory modules

The following bridging module and four compulsory modules must be taken. Upon application, the bridging module can be skipped if past academic achievements testify the respective knowledge:

Winter Term (WiSe)
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M.SIA.I12 Sustainable International Agriculture: basic principles and approaches (first lecture October, 30)
(Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. Eva Schlecht )


M.SIA.P05 Organic cropping systems under temperate and (sub)tropical conditions
(Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. P. von Fragstein)


M.SIA.P07 Soil and plant science
(Witzenhausen, Dr. H. Saucke)
Summer Term (SoSe)


M.SIA.A01 Organic livestock farming under temperate conditions
(Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. A. Sundrum )


M.SIA.I10M Applied statistical modelling
(Witzenhausen, Prof. Bernard Ludwig)


(Click on the module name for a description of the module. Click on the coordinator’s name for a link to his/ her website.)



Mandatory modules

Four mandatory modules must be chosen (among these, at least one methodological module coded with M and one economics module with code E). Click here for a list of the mandatory modules.


Elective modules

Six elective modules are to be chosen. You can also chose elective modules from the list of so far not attended mandatory modules. Click here for the list of elective modules.




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List of Mandatory Modules

Sommersemester (SoSe):

  • M.Agr.0056 Plant breeding methodology and genetic resources 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. W. Link)


  • M.SIA.A12M Multidisciplinary research in tropical production systems 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. E. Schlecht)


  • M.SIA.E06 International markets and marketing for organic products 
    (witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. U. Hamm)


  • M.-SIA.E14 Evaluation of rural development projects and policies 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. M. Qaim)


  • M.SIA.E21 Rural sociology 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. C. Neu)


  • M.SIA.I03 Food quality and organic food processing 
    (Witzenhausen, Dr. N. Busscher)


  • M.SIA.I16 Land use, ecosystem services, and human well-being 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr.T. Plieninger)


  • M.SIA.P01 Ecology and agroecosystems 
    (Witzenhasuen, Prof. Dr. A. Bürkert)


  • M.SIA.P06 Soil and water 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. S. Peth)


  • M.SIA.P16M Crop Modelling for Risk Management 
    (Göttingen, Dr. R. F. Kühne)



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    List of Elective Modules


  • Summer Term (SoSe):


  • M.Agr.0053 World agricultural markets and trade 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. B. Brümmer)


  • M.Agr.0124: Environmental Economics and Policy 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. Wollni)


  • M.Forst.1521 Ecopedology of the tropics and subtropics 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. E. Veldkamp)


  • M.SIA.A03M International and tropical food microbiology and hygiene
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. Dr. C.-P. Czerny)


  • M.SIA.A04 Livestock reproduction physiology 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. C. Knorr)


  • M.SIA.A05 Aquaculture in the tropics and subtropics 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. G. Hörstgen-Schwark)


  • M.SIA.A07 Unconventional livestock and wildlife management, utilization and conservation (every 2nd year)
    (Witzenhausen, Dr. C. Hülsebusch (E. Schlecht))


  • M.SIA.A08 Social-ecology in livestock production systems (every 2nd year) 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. B. Kaufmann (E. Schlecht))


  • M.SIA.A13M Livestock-based sustainable land use 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. E. Schlecht )


  • M.SIA.E12M Quantitative research methods in rural development economics 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. M. Qaim)


  • M.SIA.E.18 Organization of food supply chains 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. L. Theuvsen)


  • M.SIA E24 Topics in rural development economics 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. Wollni)


  • M.SIA.E31 Strategic management 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. C. Herzig)


  • M.SIA.E35: Institutional Ecological Economics 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. Andreas Thiel)


  • M.SIA.E39: Critical and Collective Perspectives on the Global Food System 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof.Dr. Andreas Thiel)


  • M.SIA.I11M Free project 
    (Göttingen und Witzenhausen, alle Professorinnen und Professoren)
    Guide for students


  • M.SIA.P08 Pests and diseases of tropical crops 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. S. Vidal)


  • M.SIA.P10 Tropical agro-ecosystem function 
    (Göttingen, Dr. R. F. Kühne)


  • M.SIA.P19M Experimental Techniques in Tropical Agronomy 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. R. P. Rötter)


  • M.SIA.P23M Modern plant nutrition - application of molecular methods in plant nutrition research 
    (Göttingen, Jun.-Prof. Dr. M. Tränkner)


    • Winter Term (WiSe):



  • M.Agr.0127 Breeding schemes in plant and animal breeding 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. H. Simianer)


  • M.Agr. 0148 Policy analysis of agri-environmental schemes 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. M. Wollni) (not WiSe 2018/19)


  • M.Agr.0156: Microfinance for the Rural Poor: A Business Class
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. O. Mußhoff)


  • M.Forst.1512 International forest policy and economics 
    (Göttingen, Dr. C. Hubo)


  • M.Forst.1615 Forest growth and tree-based land use systems
    (Göttingen, Dr. S. Graefe)


  • M.SIA.A02M Epidemiology of international and tropical animal infectious diseases 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. Dr. C.-P. Czerny)


  • M:SIA.A06 Global aquaculture production, markets and challenges (every second year) 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. G. Hörstgen-Schwark) not WiSe 2018/19


  • M.SIA.A11 Tropical animal husbandry systems 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. E. Schlecht)


  • M.SIA.E02 Agricultural price theory 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. B. Brümmer)


  • M.SIA.E13M Microeconomic theory and quantitative methods of agricultural production 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. M. Qaim)


  • M.SIA.E17M Management and management accounting 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. C. Herzig)


  • M.SIA.E33 Responsible and sustainable food business in global contexts 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. C. Herzig)


  • M.SIA.E34: Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Developing Countries 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. M.Wollni)


  • M.SIA.E36: Institutions and the Food System 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. Andreas Thiel)


  • M.SIA.E37 Agricultural policy analysis 
    (Göttingen, Dr. S. Lakner)


  • M.SIA.I02 Management of (sub-) tropical landuse systems 
    (Prag, Prof. Dr. A. Bürkert)


  • M.SIA.I06M Exercise on the quality of tropical and subtropical products 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. E. Pawelzik)


  • M.SIA.I07 International land use systems research (every 2nd year) 
    (Excursion, Prof. Dr. E. Schlecht)


  • M.SIA.I11M Free project 
    (Göttingen und Witzenhausen, alle Professorinnen und Professoren)
    Guide for students


  • M.SIA.P21 Energetic use of agricultural crops and field forage production 
    (Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. M. Wachendorf) (every second year - next time WiSe 2019/20)


  • M.SIA.P22 Managment of tropical plant production systems 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. Reimund P. Rötter)


  • M.WiWi-VWL.0008 Development economics 1: Macro issues in economic development 
    (Göttingen, Prof. Dr. S. Klasen)





    • (Click on the module name for a description of the module. Click on the coordinator’s name for a link to his/ her website.)

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    Study plan "International Organic Agriculture"


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    Exemplary study plan for the specialization in „International
    Organic Agriculture“



    Sem.
    Σ C*
    Thematic modules
    Methodic modules

    Modulee
    Module
    Module
    Module
    Module
    Module
    Module


    1.

    Σ 30 C
    Bridging
    module
    M.SIA.P07
    Soil
    and plant science


    6 C
    Compulsory
    module1    :
    M.SIA.P05
    Organic
    cropping systems under temperate and (sub)tropical conditions
    6 C
    Compulsory
    module 2    :
    M.SIA.I12
    Sustainable
    International Agriculture: basic principles and approaches
    6 C
    Mandatory
    module 1    :
    M.SIA.I09
    Sustainable nutrition


    6 C




    Mandatory
    module 1    :
    M.SIA.E05M
    Marketing research


    6 C


    2.

    Σ 30 C
    Compulsory
    module 3:
    M.SIA.A01
    Organic
    livestock farming under temperate and tropical conditions

    6 C
    Mandatory
    module 3    :
    M.SIA.E06
    International
    markets and marketing for organic products

    6 C
    Elective
    module 1
    M.SIA.A13M
    Livestock
    based sustainable land use

    6 C
    Elective
    module 2    :
    M.SIA.I03
    Food
    quality and organic food processing

    6 C




    Compulsory
    module 1    :
    M.SIA.I10M
    Applied statistical modelling

    6 C


    3.

    Σ 30 C
    Elective
    module 3    :
    M.SIA.P21
    Energetic
    use of agricultural crops and field forage production

    6 C
    Elective
    module 4    :
    M.SIA.P13
    Agrobiodiversity
    and plant genetic resources in the tropics

    6 C
    Elective
    module 5    :
    M.SIA.I06M
    Exercise on the quality of tropical
    and subtropical products

    6 C




    Mandatory
    module 2    :
    M.SIA.P15M
    Methods
    and advances in plant protection

    6 C
    Elective
    module 3    :
    M.SIA.P17M
    Nutrient
    dynamics, long-term experiments and modelling

    6 C


    4.

    Σ 30 C
    Master Thesis
    & Colloquium

    30 C




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