A mixed method approach to characterize and explain the pursuit of agroecological principles at Flemish beef farms

everal authors propose agroecology as a more sustainable development path for livestock systems in temperate regions, yet the relevance of agroecology to the Flemish beefsector remains largely unexplored. In order to identify what actions are taken to pursue agroecological principles by what kind of farmers and on what kind of farms and to explain why this is so, we have developed a mixed methods research approach. We collectmental models of farm functioning through direct elicitation of cognitive maps with individual farmers. We seek to complement these with quantitative measures based onan a... Mehr ...