'On tomorrow's grounds', Flemish agriculture in 2030: a case of participatory translation of sustainability principles into a vision for the future

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1062-1070

  Nevens, Frank ^a   Dessein, Joost ^a   Meul, Marijke ^a   Rogge, Elke ^a   Verbruggen, Ignace ^a   Mulier, Annelies ^a   Van Passel, Steven ^a   Lepoutre, Jan ^a   Hongenaert, Mark ^b  

^a The Flemish Policy Research Centre for Sustainable Agriculture   (Belgium)

^b Time out Consultancy ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Core purposes; Core values; Mission; Multi stakeholder process; Sustainable agriculture; Vision development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORE VALUES; MULTI STAKEHOLDER PROCESS (MSP); SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; VISION DEVELOPMENT;

AGRONOMY;

EID: 42149088887     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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