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dc.contributor.authorMicha, Evgenia
dc.contributor.authorFenton, Owen
dc.contributor.authorDaly, Karen M.
dc.contributor.authorKakonyi, Gabriella
dc.contributor.authorEzzati, Golnaz
dc.contributor.authorMoloney, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T16:02:17Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T16:02:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-25
dc.identifier.citationMicha, E.; Fenton, O.; Daly, K.; Kakonyi, G.; Ezzati, G.; Moloney, T.; Thornton, S. The Complex Pathway towards Farm-Level Sustainable Intensification: An Exploratory Network Analysis of Stakeholders’ Knowledge and Perception. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2578. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072578en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/2184
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractFarm-level sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA) has become an important concept to ensuring food security while minimising negative externalities. However, progress towards its achievement is often constrained by the different perceptions and goals of various stakeholders that affect farm management decisions. This study examines farm-level SIA as a dynamic system with interactive components that are determined by the interests of the stakeholders involved. A systems thinking approach was used to identify and describe the pathways towards farm-level SIA across the three main pillars of sustainability. An explanatory network analysis of fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) that were collectively created by representative groups of farmers, farm advisors and policy makers was performed. The study shows that SIA is a complex dynamic system, affected by cognitive beliefs and particular knowledge within stakeholder groups. The study concludes that, although farm-level SIA is a complex process, common goals can be identified in collective decision making.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPI AGen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSustainability;12
dc.rightsAttribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectsustainable intensificationen_US
dc.subjectstakeholder viewsen_US
dc.subjectfuzzy cognitive mappingen_US
dc.subjectmental modelsen_US
dc.subjectnetwork analysisen_US
dc.titleThe Complex Pathway towards Farm-Level Sustainable Intensification: An Exploratory Network Analysis of Stakeholders’ Knowledge and Perceptionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12072578
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su12072578
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Unionen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber675120en_US
dc.source.volume12
dc.source.issue7
dc.source.beginpage2578
refterms.dateFOA2020-07-24T16:02:17Z


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