Integration of Nature Protection Goals in Organic Agriculture (2006-2010)

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Cooperations

  • Lukas Baumgart, FiBL Deutschland e.V.

Funding

Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)

Duration

2006 - 2010

Participants at FOEL

  • Thomas van Elsen

Case study of the participative cooperation of farmers and scientists within the project 'Integration of nature protection goals in Organic agriculture demonstrated on the Hessian Estate Frankenhausen'

Measures for nature protection are developed and tested for the improvement of nature components within agricultural practice. Four actors can be distinguished as part of the interdisciplinary project: (1) the farm managers as integrators of the measures into practice, (2) the field technicians as appliers of the measures, (3) the scientists as tutors and investigators of the measures and (4) the project coordinators as responsible persons for the project management. A qualitative survey will take place at two times with actors of all groups in order to provide qualitative evaluations of common and contradictive understandings of the common approach. 

Publications/Final report

  • Baumgart, L., van Elsen, T. (2007): Sichtweisen und Problemwahrnehmungen von Landwirten, Forschern und Naturschützern im Projekt „Die Integration von Naturschutzzielen in den Ökologischen Landbau – am Beispiel der Hessischen Staatsdomäne Frankenhausen“. – Beitr. 9. Wiss.-Tagung Ökol. Landbau: 891-894, Stuttgart-Hohenheim.
  • Baumgart, L., van Elsen, T. (2009): Fallstudie über die partizipative Zusammenarbeit von Landwirten und Wissenschaftlern in einem Naturschutzprojekt – am Beispiel der Hessischen Staatsdomäne Frankenhausen. – Beitr. 10. Wiss.-Tagung Ökol. Landbau (Band 1): 442-445, Zürich.