Restoring cultivated agrobiodiversity: The political ecology of knowledge networks between local peasant seed groups in France

Mazé, Armelle; Domenech, Aida Calabuig; Goldringer, Isabelle

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106821

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“…About KE, Bowonder and Miyake (2000) analyzed technological innovation issues by combining the theories of knowledge management and the concepts of ecosystem. On this basis, some scholars also found that building a knowledge ecosystem of organizations can improve the technological innovation (Eikhof et al , 2019; Mazé et al , 2021; Turaeva and Hornidge, 2013). For instance, based on organizational ecology, Becker (2007) proposed the functions of the workplace in creating opportunities and barriers, and these functions can affect the flow and development of all kinds of resources including information, knowledge and so on.…”

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Incentive strategy about technology innovation based on knowledge ecological coupling in strategic emerging industry

Long

Liu

2021

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to solve the problem of low efficiency on knowledge resources allocation in the strategic emerging industry (SEI), an incentive model of technology innovation based on knowledge ecological coupling is designed.Design/methodology/approachFirst, a principal–agent model of knowledge inputs and a knowledge ecological coupling model based on an improved Lotka–Volterra model are constructed. In addition, a numerical example about Chongqing Yongchuan industrial park, the emulation analysis and the associated discussions are conducted to analyze the equilibriums of principal–agent in different knowledge inputs. Further, the paper analyzes the evolutionary equilibrium in knowledge ecological coupling and reveals the dual adjustments of the node organization on knowledge inputs.FindingsThus, this paper shows that by establishing the relationships of knowledge ecological coupling based on “mutualism and commensalism,” node organization raises the level of knowledge inputs; an incentive mode of “knowledge ecological coupling relationship + technology innovation chain” is conductive to substantially improving the efficiency of knowledge resource allocation, and to stimulate the vitality of node organization for technology innovation in the strategic emerging industry (SEI).Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the extant researches in two ways. First, this paper reveals the dual adjustments of the node organizations in inputting knowledge, which broadens the vision and borders of the researches on traditional knowledge management. The methods of the traditional principal–agent model and the knowledge input/output profit model are also expanded. Second, this paper verifies that applying the mode of “knowledge ecological coupling relationship + technology innovation chain” in practice is conducive to enhancing the efficiency of the cross-organizational knowledge allocation in the strategic emerging industry (SEI).

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Incentive strategy about technology innovation based on knowledge ecological coupling in strategic emerging industry

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2021

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“…However, taxonomic expertise is only one means of action among others, because ecosystems are sometimes destroyed after being inventoried and studied. At the same time, hybrid collectives (not composed solely of experts) promote participatory research and management that sometimes prove to be very useful for the consideration and preservation of plant environments [76].…”

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The Ethics of Plant Flourishing and Agricultural Ethics: Theoretical Distinctions and Concrete Recommendations in Light of the Environmental Crisis

Hiernaux

2021

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Many activities towards plants are directly related to environmental crisis issues. However, our actions towards plants are little theorized in philosophy and ethics. After a brief presentation of the history, state of the art, and current issues of plant ethics, I critically illustrate how the theoretical threads of current ethics should be clarified, and, more importantly, contextualised, to promote the application of concrete measures. Particular attention is paid to the ethics of plant flourishing as applied to different fields and types of plants. The treatment of wild and ornamental plants is, thus, explicitly distinguished from that of improved agricultural varieties, themselves distinguishable according to modes of cultivation. I thus propose and discuss several recommendations and concrete courses of action to promote an ethics of plants, while pointing out its limitations.

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“…Despite its potential, so far, the adoption of SI practices is relatively low, as only 9% of global agricultural land is estimate to operate under some form of SI (Pretty et al, 2018), and especially low in countries generally characterised by industrialised agricultural systems. Despite their benefits, implementing such practices often implies (initial) increased costs for farmers (Rosa-Schleich et al, 2019), who struggle to reduce agrochemical use (Bakker et al, 2021;Chèze et al, 2020;Mann, 2018), diversify their crop rotations (Jouan et al, 2020;Lemken et al, 2017), or improve on-farm biodiversity (Kirchweger et al, 2020;Mazé et al, 2021;Plaas et al, 2019). Additionally, a change in practices often requires the reorganisation of relations with downstream partners at value chain level, for example in the case of crop diversification and mixed cropping (Meynard et al, 2017).…”

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Crop up! : adoption and value chain organisation in crop diversification transitions

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Dedicated to my family, the one I was born into and the one I gained along the way.You give me hope that we can do better.First of all, I would like to thank my daily supervisors, Stefano Pascucci and Valentina Cristiana Materia, for their endless advice, constructive criticism and contributions. You have been extraordinarily supportive, both scientifically and personally. I would also like to thank my promotor Jacques Trienekens for being the calm, steady hand guiding us through a tumultuous process. More of my gratitude goes to Peter Tamas for being my most (entertainingly) critical advisor. You made me a better scientist, while constantly making me laugh through our cynicism. Thanks also go to Ruth de Jong who not only contributed to the data collection but who was also a great sparring partner to me. Finally, I would also like to thank Ardinesh Kambanje, Alice Bischof, and all my other fellow BMO PhDs, with whom I have shared an office, a corridor and many inspiring conversations, and Mufty Hasanov for the inspiration for this book's title. However, while my work was supported by many in an academic sense, a PhD is not a purely academic endeavour. The support I have received in my personal life was at least equally important. I would not have made it through this process if it weren't for my family, both old and new. Firstly, I need to thank Percy Cicilia Jr. You were always there for me, through the hardest and the best of times. Your friendship of more than a decade made this possible. I also want to thank Maddy Young and Kiki Cappello for being my dearest friends these past years. The three of you, alongside many other friends and the Wageningen salsa community, kept me sane throughout this process. Finally, I thank my parents, Burkhard and Valérie, for endlessly supporting me and believing in me, and my sister Lea for keeping my feet firmly planted on the ground. Lastly, I would like to thank my lovely niece Ida for reminding me why this work matters and what we are fighting for. Policy and practice-oriented implications 2. Goal frames and sustainability transitions: How cognitive lock-ins can impede crop diversification 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Sustainability transitions and lock-ins 2.3 Conceptual framework 2.4 Data and methodology 2.5 Findings 2.6 Discussion 2.7 Conclusions Appendix 2.1: Farmer overview 3. Understanding the role of value chain formation in the scaling of crop diversification practices 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Conceptual framework 3.3 Materials and methods 3.4 Findings 3.5 Discussion 3.6 Conclusions Appendix 3.1: Case study descriptions 4. Can contract farming support sustainable intensification in agri-food value chains? 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The role of contract farming in the adoption of sustainable intensification practices 4.3 Study context and methods 4.4 Results 4.5 Discussion 4.6 Conclusion Appendix 4.1: Sampling Appendix 4.2: Attitudinal scales 5. Discussion and conclusion 5.1 Summary of results 5.2 Synthesis and conceptual reflections in the context of adoption and transition research ...

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Restoring cultivated agrobiodiversity: The political ecology of knowledge networks between local peasant seed groups in France

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Incentive strategy about technology innovation based on knowledge ecological coupling in strategic emerging industry

Incentive strategy about technology innovation based on knowledge ecological coupling in strategic emerging industry

The Ethics of Plant Flourishing and Agricultural Ethics: Theoretical Distinctions and Concrete Recommendations in Light of the Environmental Crisis

Crop up! : adoption and value chain organisation in crop diversification transitions

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