Increasing the adaptive capacity of organic farming systems in the face of climate change using action research methods

Organic Agriculture

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 139-151

  Bloch, Ralf ^a   Knierim, Andrea ^a,b   Häring, Anna Maria ^c   Bachinger, Johann ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation development; Knowledge creation; On farm research; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969799518     PISSN: 18794238     EISSN: 18794246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13165-015-0123-5     Document Type: Article

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