Gerald Schwarz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3938592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald Schwarz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwarz |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWARZ G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thünen Institute of Farm Economics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 111 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Enabling agroecological transition in Europe: Insights from national stakeholder perspectives
Unsustainable food systems contribute to a range of challenges, including environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change impacts, and social inequalities. Agroecology offers a holistic approach to address these challenges. This study aims to (1) examine national stakeholder perceptions of agroecology and policy support mechanisms across 18 European countries and (2) investigate how stakeholders’ understandings of agroecology relate …
Governance networks for agroecology transitions in rural Europe
International audience
Toward effective nature conservation on farmland: Making farmers matter
Until now the main instrument to counteract the loss of biodiversity and landscape quality in the European countryside has been agri‐environment schemes (AES), which offer short‐term payments for performing prescribed environmental management behaviors. In our opinion this approach is, in its current set‐up, not a sustainable way of enhancing biodiversity and landscape quality. Here we will argue that conservation in agricultural areas is also a …
Exploring Farmers' Cultural Resistance to Voluntary Agri-environmental Schemes
Studies throughout Europe have suggested that voluntary agri-environmental programmes often engender very little change in attitudes towards productivist agriculture among conventional farming communities. This study examines why this may be so, using case studies from Hessen, Germany and Aberdeenshire, Scotland. By constructing a conceptual framework based on Bourdieu's notions of capital we explore how farming activities are able to generate sy…
Exploring Farmers' Cultural Resistance to Voluntary Agri-environmental Schemes
Studies throughout Europe have suggested that voluntary agri-environmental programmes often engender very little change in attitudes towards productivist agriculture among conventional farming communities. This study examines why this may be so, using case studies from Hessen, Germany and Aberdeenshire, Scotland. By constructing a conceptual framework based on Bourdieu's notions of capital we explore how farming activities are able to generate sy…
Governance networks for agroecology transitions in rural Europe
International audience
Exploring Farmers' Cultural Resistance to Voluntary Agri-environmental Schemes
Studies throughout Europe have suggested that voluntary agri-environmental programmes often engender very little change in attitudes towards productivist agriculture among conventional farming communities. This study examines why this may be so, using case studies from Hessen, Germany and Aberdeenshire, Scotland. By constructing a conceptual framework based on Bourdieu's notions of capital we explore how farming activities are able to generate sy…
Toward effective nature conservation on farmland: Making farmers matter
Until now the main instrument to counteract the loss of biodiversity and landscape quality in the European countryside has been agri‐environment schemes (AES), which offer short‐term payments for performing prescribed environmental management behaviors. In our opinion this approach is, in its current set‐up, not a sustainable way of enhancing biodiversity and landscape quality. Here we will argue that conservation in agricultural areas is also a …
Governance networks for agroecology transitions in rural Europe
International audience
Enabling agroecological transition in Europe: Insights from national stakeholder perspectives
Unsustainable food systems contribute to a range of challenges, including environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change impacts, and social inequalities. Agroecology offers a holistic approach to address these challenges. This study aims to (1) examine national stakeholder perceptions of agroecology and policy support mechanisms across 18 European countries and (2) investigate how stakeholders’ understandings of agroecology relate …
Agriculture (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 works) · Agroecology (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Rural development and sustainability (2 works) · Sustainable agriculture (2 works)