Verkenning kennisbehoeftes van agrariërs t.a.v. natuurinclusieve landbouw en het reeds bestaande aanbod van deze kennis : waar is de match, de mismatch en hoe die te overbruggen

Towards biodiversity conservation in natural resource-intensive sectors: Understanding dynamics of social-ecological transformations

“…It is an enormous struggle to get rid of this knowledge, and this is blocking innovation". These findings are confirmed by recent studies (Cuperus et al, 2019;van Loosdrecht, 2019). This dependency on commercial actors reinforces innovation that matches the status quo and the vested interests of current regime actors, who often lack knowledge on alternative ways of farming.…”

“…Second, organized monitoring and knowledge dissemination to others outside the current knowledge networks is limited, and knowledge that is documented and published was perceived as too scattered by our expert consultation. This notion is supported by Cuperus et al (2019), who identified in total 117 different offline and online information sources about nature inclusive dairy farming. This is in sharp contrast to knowledge available for conventional dairy farming, which enjoys strong support from agricultural universities as well as the value chain, including institutionalized data collection, yearly updated information reports supported by the main agricultural university and online feedback and support tools (Blanken et al, 2019;Tittonell, 2013).…”

“…This concerns in particular knowledge on creating an adaptive and holistic perspective, rather than conventional farming as mentioned before (Erisman et al, 2016); knowledge specific to the local context of the farm and its environment (van Dijk et al, 2020); knowledge on value creation beyond food production (Polman et al, 2015;van Dijk et al, 2020); and knowledge on alternative business models, organizing societal support, market creation and access, acquisition of subsidies for societal services, etc. (Cuperus et al, 2019;van Dijk et al, 2020).…”

A new green revolution or agribusiness as usual? Uncovering alignment issues and potential transition complications in agri-food system transitions

“…Biodiversity for example is impacted by non-agricultural activities like traffic and highly variable between different types of landscapes (Concepción et al 2008;Heer et al 2017). This is compounded by a lack of knowledge on suitable management practices and possible technological solutions, as well as doubts about the cost and feasibility of such practices and solutions (Cuperus et al 2019;Westerink et al 2019). This underscores the need to invest in innovation and experimentation, though bearing in mind the need to innovate and scale responsibly (Wigboldus et al 2016).…”

Getting unstuck: transformation to sustainable agriculture in the Netherlands

“…Second, organized monitoring and knowledge dissemination to others outside the current knowledge networks is limited, and knowledge that is documented and published was perceived as too scattered by our expert consultation. This notion is supported by Cuperus et al (2019), who identified 117 different offline and online information sources about nature inclusive dairy farming. This is in sharp contrast to knowledge available for conventional dairy farming, which enjoys strong support from agricultural universities as well as the value chain, including institutionalized data collection, yearly updated information reports supported by the main agricultural university and online feedback and support tools (Tittonell, 2013;Wageningen University and Research, 2019).…”