New forms of group farming in agriculture: A vision for the future or just rational adaptation to structural change? – Samdrift – trugsmål mot småskalajordbruket eller berre ei rasjonell føretaksøkonomisk tilpassing?

Over the last decades we have seen different new organisational forms in Norwegian agriculture. These forms are neither of the traditional type of processing or sales co-operatives, nor of the collective types seen in socialist countries or in Israel (kibbutz). Group farming or joint farming is an intensive form of co-operation in agriculture, where former…

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Public dialogue on genetically modified food-communication between conflicting actors about a stigmatised technology – Offentlig dialog om genmodifisert mat – kommunikasjon mellom ulike aktører om en stigmatisert teknologi

We want to analyse the extensive public discourse that are taking place around the subject of genetically modified food, where a number of actors are participating and all are contributing in forming a great and fluctuating story about genetically modified food. This is still a relatively new topic, where the different actors involved have different…

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