Publication of January 2nd 2016 Research articleProduction systemsClarifying the socioeconomic dimensions of agroecology: between principles and practicesHow can the lack of socioeconomic principles of agroecology in the literature be filled ? What are the distinctions between the theoretical principles of agroecology and their practical applications ? Vegetable sectorShort food supply chainParticipatory processEconomic viabilityAgroecology
Publication of January 1st 2014 Research articleProduction systemsAgricultural innovation from above and from below: confrontation and integration on Rwanda’s hillsHow are 'top-down' innovations received and implemented in banana cropping systems in Rwanda? How do smallholders deal with new government policies when they fail to reflect local economic and social realities? Fruit sectorInnovationAfricaParticipatory process
Publication of March 29th 2013 PhD thesisProduction systemsSystemic analysis of innovation processes in banana systems in the Great Lakes regionHow do farmers in the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu) manage to overcome major challenges such as the lack of resources, production means and plants diseases ?Fruit sectorInnovationAfricaParticipatory process
Publication of November 16th 2012 Research articleProduction systemsSustainability indicators for livestock farming. A reviewWhat indicators should be used to assess the sustainability of livestock systems ?Dairy sectorBeef meat sectorSustainability indicatorsLiterature review
Publication of July 31st 2009 Research articleProduction systemsHow agricultural research shapes a technological regime that develops genetic engineering but locks out agroecological innovationsThis paper shows how the concepts of technological paradigms and trajectories can help analyse the agricultural science and technology landscape and dynamics. Genetic engineering and agroecology can be usefully analysed as two different technological paradigms.InnovationPathway dependancyLock-insAgroecology
Publication of January 1st 2008 Research articleProduction systemsWhy are ecological wheat cultivars slow to develop? A ‘lock-in’ case studyThis article identifies twelve factors impeding wider adoption of multi-resistant cultivars. These factors explain why current wheat-cropping systems are maintained in a ‘pesticide lock-in’ situation.Cereals sectorInnovationBelgiumWalloniaPathway dependancyLock-insAgroecology
