Designing trans-disciplinary research to support policy formulation for sustainable agricultural development

V. Vandermeulen and G. Van Huylenbroeck

Ecological Economics, 2008, vol. 67, issue 3, 352-361

Abstract: The article shows how existing multidisciplinary studies on sustainable agricultural development can be joined into a trans-disciplinary approach. Three interdisciplinary projects have been combined in a participatory discussion platform, in which researchers from different disciplines (economists, ecologists, social scientist and geographers) were brought together with a variety of stakeholders. The specific application of the developed method on agricultural development in Belgium, has revealed the need for crossing system boundaries within research, articulation of definitions on sustainable development, development of a coherent sustainability labelling policy and increasing the access to nation wide data both for researchers and policy makers.

Keywords: Sustainable; development; Agriculture; Trans-disciplinary; System; boundaries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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