Publication of November 28th 2014 Research articleTransition pathwaysRole of input self-sufficiency in the economic and environmental sustainability of specialised dairy farmsWhat are the structural characteristics necessary for the self-sufficiency of specialised dairy farms located in the grassland area? What are the relationships between input self-sufficiency, environmental and economic sustainability? Transition pathways Dairy sectorInputsEconomic performanceEnvironmental footprint
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? Production systems Fruit sectorInnovationParticipatory approach
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 ? Production 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. Production systems InnovationAgroecologyPath dependencyLock-in
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. Production systems Cereals sectorInnovationAgroecologyPath dependencyLock-inWalloniaBelgium
