Future education in ecological agriculture and food systems: A student-faculty evaluation and planning process

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 49-69

  Lieblein, Geir ^a   Francis, Charles ^b   Barth Eide, Wenche ^c   Torjusen, Hanne ^d   Solberg, Svein ^e   Salomonsson, Lennart ^f   Persson, Paula ^f   Lund, Vonne ^f   Ekblad, Gõran ^f   Helenius, Juha ^g   Loiva, Mikko ^g   Seppänen, Laura ^g   Kahiluoto, Helena ^h   Porter, John ⁱ   Olsen, Hanne ⁱ   Sriskandarajah, Nadarajah ^j   Mikk, Merit ^k   Flora, Cornelia ^l  

^a Agricultural University of   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

^e Hedmark College   (Norway)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ University of Helsinki ^*  (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k Ctr for Ecol Engineering Tartu   (Estonia)

^l IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ecological agriculture; Education; Food system; Norway

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; HIGHER EDUCATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 0033757521     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v16n04_06     Document Type: Article

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