A-2/23 Rural youth: Quality of life, civil participation, and outlooks for a rural future
I Johansen Pia Heike, Anne Tietjen, Evald Bundgård Iversen, Henrik Lauridsen Lolle and Jens Kaae Fisker (red.): Rural quality of life
Read MoreA-1/23 Advancing AKIS with assemblage thinking
Forfattere: Lee-Ann Sutherland, Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica, Boelie Elzen, Alexandros Koutsouris, Catherine Laurent, Egil Petter Stræte og Pierre Labarthe The establishment of effective national agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) became a European policy imperative in the 2010s, lodged in a political ideology which emphasised the importance of innovation to economic growth. We argue that the recent deployment…
Read MoreA-20/22 Crowdfunding of GHG mitigation measures in agriculture: A feasible contribution to the climate challenges? Sociocultural constraints and enablers in Norway
Writers: Maja Farstad og Renate Marie Butli Hårstad Agriculture is one sector under pressure when it comes to mitigation of climate change. To overcome the economic barriers preventing greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation measures from being implemented, this paper explores whether crowdfunding could be a feasible solution to this problem. The paper theoretically and empirically explores…
Read MoreA-19/22 Potential demand for synthetic meat
Writers: Geir Wæhler Gustavsen and Klaus Mittenzwei The demand for meat products is rising globally. A potential substitute for meat is synthetic meat, meat produce d in the laboratory. Synthetic meat is not in the market yet due to high production costs and regulatory issues, but it will probably be available during the next decade.…
Read MoreA-18/22 Inducing Fear using Acoustic Stimuli – A Behavioural Experiment on Moose (Alces alces) in Sweden
Writers: Manisha Bhardwaj, Denice Lodnert, Mattias Olsson, Aina Winsvold, Svein Morten Eilertsen, Petter Kjellander, Andreas Seiler Prey species may display anti-predatory behavior, i.e., flight, increased vigilance, and decreased feeding, in response to the true presence of a predator or to the implied presence of a predator through, e.g., acoustic cues. In this study, we investigated the anti-predatory reactions of moose (Alces…
Read MoreA-17/22 Feminist and gender research in Norwegian farming and forestry (landbruk) contexts: Past and future directions
Writers: Madeleine Gustavsson and Maja Farstad Much feminist rural geography to date has centred on understanding gender issues in rural space. Norwegian scholars have been leading the way in identifying new themes and approaches to examining the positions of women and men on farms and in farming communities, which has contributed to important contextual knowledge…
Read MoreA-16/22 Promoting climate change mitigation in agriculture: do we need to account for family farm life-cycle?
Writers: Rob Burton and Pia P. Otte Family farms go through cyclical stages of development and contraction as a result of the overlapping of business goals and generational changes. This ‘farm family life-cycle’ results in periods within which farm families are highly innovative and farmers willing to invest, and other periods where innovativeness and investment…
Read MoreA-21/22 Meat, and Fish from the petri dish -Which attributes would make cultured proteins (un)attractive and for whom? Results from a Nordic survey.
A-15/22 Climate considerations aside: What really matters for farmers in their implementation of climate mitigation measures
Writers: Maja Farstad, Anders Mahlum Melås and Laurens Klerkx The implementation of climate mitigation measures at the farm level is highly dependent on farmers’ willingness to make adjustments to their farms. While many studies have identified various barriers to climate mitigation in agriculture – among them farmers’ weak interest in climate – there has been…
Read MoreA-14/22 Introduction to fishy feminisms: feminist analysis of fishery places
Writers: Christine Knott and Madeleine Gustavsson Both fisheries and feminism have been the subject of much research spanning academic disciplines and topics for many years. The papers in this themed issue are considered ‘fishy’ in the sense that they are both about fisheries and fish in diverse places, but also because they use a feminist…
Read MoreA-13/22 Critical support for different stages of innovation in agriculture: What, when, how?
Writers: Egil Petter Stræte, Jostein Vik, Eirik Magnus Fuglestad, Mads Dahl Gjefsen, Anders M.Melås, Roger A.Søraa The agricultural sector is undergoing several transitions through “smart-farming” technologies. To make this innovation responsible, it is critical to support technological innovation at different stages of innovation with customized strategies for the individual technology. Agricultural Systems, Volume 203, December…
Read MoreA-12/22 Antimicrobial resistance in dairy slurry tanks: A critical point for measurement and control
Writers: Michelle Baker, Alexander D. Williams, Steven P.T. Hooton, Richard Helliwell, Elizabeth King,Thomas Dodsworth, Rosa María Baena-Nogueras, Andrew Warry, Catherine A. Ortori, Henry Todman, Charlotte J. Gray-Hammerton, Alexander C.W. Pritchard, Ethan Iles, Ryan Cook, Richard D. Emes, Michael A. Jones, Theodore Kypraios, Helen West, David A. Barrett, Stephen J. Ramsden, Rachel L. Gomes, Chris Hudson, Andrew…
Read MoreA-11/22 Social integration mechanisms to strengthen absorptive capacity in agricultural advisory service organisations
Forfattere: Egil Petter Stræte, Bjørn Gunnar Hansen, Eystein Ystad og Gunn-Turid Kvam Purpose To explore the structures and processes within agricultural advisory organisations that may enhance absorptive capacity (AC) and determine how organisations develop their AC. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative explorative case study of advisory services in Norway, which are structured as farmer cooperatives. Interviews, document…
Read MoreA-10/22 Centre-periphery conflicts and alienation in a resource-based economy
Writers: Jostein Vik, Eirik Magnus Fuglestad and Emil Øversveen Since the early 2010s, increased centre-periphery tensions have arisen across the Western Hemisphere and have had a significant influence on domestic policies. Analysts have explained this as an effect of economic inequalities and rural marginalisation. In this article it is argued that rural upheavals and centre-periphery…
Read MoreA-9/22 Fishing: Livelihoods and Territorialisation of Ocean Space
Writers: Madeleine Gustavsson and Edward H. Allison In The Handbook to Ocean Space edited by Peters K., Anderson J., Davies A. and Steinberg P. Abingdon: Routledge https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Ocean-Space/Peters-Anderson-Steinberg-Davies/p/book/9781138084803
Read MoreA-8/22 Political parties’ framing of farm animalwelfare: A fragmented picture
Writers: Renate M. B. Hårstad og Jostein Vik In this article, we draw from qualitative interviews with political parties’ representatives and a content analysis of party programs to identify how political parties frame animal welfare policies in Norway. In analyzing the framing of animal welfare and its significance for understanding agricultural post-exceptionalism, we found that though…
Read MoreA-7/22 Living Labs as an Approach to Strengthen Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems
Writers: Jorieke Potters, Kevin Collins, Herman Schoorlemmer, Egil Petter Stræte, Emils Kilis, Andy Lane og Heloise Leloup Climate and ecosystem changes, economic and policy imperatives, food system pressures, and multiple societal expectations pose complex challenges for sustainable farming. A key problem is determining an effective and efficient approach to enable innovation in complex, multi-stakeholder settings.…
Read MoreA-6/22 Managing growth in medium-sized organic businesses: Implications for local orientation and resilience building
Writers: Rebecka Milestad, Susanne von Münchhausen, Gunn-Turid Kvam, Markus Schermer This article explores how locally oriented organic businesses adapt to handle crises during a growth process to build resilience, how these businesses maintain the local orientation when growing and what the implications are for the relationship between territoriality and organic production. We explored four cases…
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