Publication of June 3rd 2020 CommunicationTransition pathwaysFeed our farmers or our population? Looking beyond the unsovable dilemmaAn opinion piece on the means to go beyond the link between cheap food and right to food. A reflection on how feeding our population can go hand in hand with paying the farmers the price for a sustainable food production.Environmental footprintPathwaysBiodiversityPlanetary boundariesLock-insTransition enablers
Publication of April 24th 2020 Research articleProduction systemsPathways of action followed by Flemish beef farmers – agroecology as a practiceAgroecology is often brought up as an alternative development pathway for livestock systems. Yet, what does it mean in practice? In this article we find out by asking beef farmers themselves how they put agroecological principles into practice.Beef meat sectorFarmer agencyFlandersShort food supply chainBelgiumPathwaysAgroecology
Publication of March 12th 2020 Research articleFood value chainsA variety of crop diversification strategies in EuropeThis article identifies the variety of crop diversification strategies implemented by European farmers and explores the extent to which barriers to crop diversification can be related to the proximity of innovation settings with dominant food systems.Cereals sectorProtein cropsInnovationIntercroppingPathways
Publication of January 31st 2020 ReportProduction systemsSix sectors in Wallonia : current situation and scenarios towards 2050What are the main production systems today in Wallonia? How are the sectors organised? What developments can be envisaged, and with what consequences in terms of production and inputs use?Vegetable sectorCereals sectorPotato sectorBeetroot sectorDairy sectorBeef meat sectorDiversityAgricultural inputsPesticidesLand use planningProspective scenariosBelgiumWalloniaParticipatory processPathways
Publication of August 14th 2019 Research articleFood value chainsLock-Ins and Agency: Towards an Embedded Approach of Individual Pathways in the Walloon Dairy SectorA qualitative study on how the agency articulates with structural dynamics in the individual trajectories of dairy farmers. A model of interconnected and embedded lock-ins, from the organizational frame of the regime to the individual frame.Dairy sectorMeadows and pastureCheeseCooperativesFarmer's identityWalloniaPathwaysLock-ins
Publication of May 15th 2016 PosterTransition pathwaysTransition potential of cheese-processing niche value chains in the Région Herbagère Liégeoise and Haute ArdenneStudy on the trajectories and issues faced by the dairy farmers in niche cheese-processing value chains, that uncovers systemic lock-ins to alternative pathways of milk production and processing in the Walloon RegionDairy sectorMeadows and pastureCheeseCooperativesFarmer's identityFarmer agencyStrategiesWalloniaPathwaysLock-insTransition enablers
