A-6/23 Towards gender inclusivity and equality in small-scale fisheries

Forfattere: Sarah Harper (University of Victoria and Wildlife Conservation Society) and Danika Kleiber (WorldFish and James Cook University) with contributions from Afrina Choudhury (WorldFish and Wageningen University), Alice Joan Ferrer (University of the Philippines Visayas), Amelia Duffy-Tumasz (Temple University), Ashley Fent (Vassar College), Ayodele Oloko (University of Bremen), Carmen Pedroza (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México),…

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A-5/23 Kvifor er det ikkje grunnrente i norsk jordbruk? om korleis verdiane frå jorda forsvann til kapitalen.

Forfatter: Eirik M. Fuglestad   Denne artikkelen er ein refleksjon over den økonomiske situasjonen i norsk jordbruk slik den har utvikla seg sidan 1970-talet. Med dei klassiske teoriane om grunnrente som analytisk utgangspunkt går artikkelen gjennom den strukturelle utviklinga av jordbruket i denne perioden. Det peikast på to viktige utviklingstrekk som kan ha medverka til…

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A-3/23 Då utmarka fekk grunnrenteverdi: om korleis ei meir aktiv forvaltning av grunnrenta frå utmarksressursane kan bidra til sosial berekraft mellom sentrum og periferi

Forfatter: Eirik M. Fuglestad Den norske utmarkshistoria har døme på korleis grunnrente har vore fordelte både som rettar til bruk, og som pengeverdiar. Det mest kjende døme er forvaltninga av fossekrafta slik den kom i stand fram mot 1917. Men også bureisinga som toppa seg på 1930-talet, Fjellova av 1920 og Jordlova av 1928 kan…

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A-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…

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A-20/22 Crowdfunding of GHG mitigation measures in agriculture: A feasible contribution to the climate challenges? Sociocultural constraints and enablers in Norway

Forfattere: 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…

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A-19/22 Potential demand for synthetic meat

Forfattere: Geir Wæhler Gustavsen og 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.…

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A-18/22 Inducing Fear using Acoustic Stimuli – A Behavioural Experiment on Moose (Alces alces) in Sweden

Forfattere: 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…

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A-17/22 Feminist and gender research in Norwegian farming and forestry (landbruk) contexts: Past and future directions

Forfattere: Madeleine Gustavsson og 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…

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A-16/22 Promoting climate change mitigation in agriculture: do we need to account for family farm life-cycle?

Forfattere: Rob Burton og 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…

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A-15/22 Climate considerations aside: What really matters for farmers in their implementation of climate mitigation measures

Forfattere: Maja Farstad, Anders Mahlum Melås og 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…

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A-13/22 Critical support for different stages of innovation in agriculture: What, when, how?

Forfattere: 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…

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A-12/22 Antimicrobial resistance in dairy slurry tanks: A critical point for measurement and control

Forfattere: 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…

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A-11/22 Social integration mechanisms to strengthen absorptive capacity in agricultural advisory service organisations

Writers: 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…

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A-10/22 Centre-periphery conflicts and alienation in a resource-based economy

Forfattere: Jostein Vik, Eirik Magnus Fuglestad og 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…

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