Knowledge and Precaution. On Organic Farmers Assessment of New Technology
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 4445877 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jesper Lassen (0000-0002-3557-1087, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen Rolighedsvej 25, 1958 Frederiksberg C Denmark, autor correspondente), Myles Oelofse (0000-0001-5497-7747, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg Denmark) |
| Ano | 2018 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 351-369 |
| Data de publicação | 2018-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Sociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soru.12157 |
| OpenAlex | W2179900286 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 34 |
Organic farming is under constant pressure to reinvent itself by adopting new technologies. This article examines the role of precaution in organic farmers' assessments of new technologies, and asks how their assessments draw on different types of knowledge. The article further explores how knowledge type compares to the role of knowledge and precaution expressed in the principles of organic farming as defined by the organic movement organisation, IFOAM. Results from a study of the introduction of sewage sludge as an alternative source of nutrients in organic agriculture are presented. Empirically, this case-study builds on the analysis of five focus groups made up of Danish organic farmers. While some farmers called for precaution, supporting this with claims about lacking knowledge, others trusted the authorities and accepted sewage sludge provided it was officially approved for organic use. Our analysis suggests that when assessing new technologies Danish organic farmers rely on scientific knowledge and do not automatically draw on the experiential knowledge they possess and employ in other contexts. It is concluded that if IFOAM wishes include farmers' experiential knowledge as a basis for decisions about precaution, there is a need to develop instruments making it possible to tap into this knowledge
The Uses of Argument
The nature and role of experiential knowledge for environmental conservation
The Learning Economy
Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management
The Politics of Precaution
Comparing precaution in the United States and Europe
Regulating Biopharming
Integrating science and local knowledge in environmental risk management
Agronomist–farmer knowledge encounters
The Globalization of Organic Agro-Food Networks
Revealing different understandings of soil held by scientists and farmers in the context of soil protection and management
Knowledge, Food and Place. A Way of Producing, a Way of Knowing
Organic vs. conventional agriculture
How the Eu Handles Uncertain Risks
The Danish Path to Modernity
What Farmers Know
Knowledge Asymmetries Between Research and Practice
From the Social to the Economic and Beyond? A Relational Approach to the Historical Development of Danish Organic Food Networks
Nordic Modernity
Cultivating Back-to-the-Landers
The Role of Tacit Knowledge in Developing Networks for Sustainable Agriculture
Values about Nature in Organic Farming Practice and Knowledge
The Reflexive Producer
Social Theory and the De/Reconstruction of Agricultural Science
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |