Finding quality in quantitative methods: The case of food forestry in the Netherlands

Abstract In current nature valuation efforts, sociocultural values are often overlooked. Calls for the importance of including these values often advise to use a mixed‐method approach; however, restrictions concerning budget and time often prevent researchers from doing so. In this study we offer a compromise—a questionnaire that aims to capture sociocultural values of nature as closely as possible. It was created as part of the Dutch National Monitoring Programme Food Forests ( Nationaal Monitoringsprogramma Voedselbos sen [NMVB]), hence pertaining to food forestry (FF) in the Netherlands. We... Mehr ...