Moving beyond the numbers: a participatory evaluation of sustainability in Dutch agriculture



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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-009-9214-9
DOI: 
10.1007/s10460-009-9214-9
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Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
Type: 
journal article
Journal: 
Agriculture and Human Values
Pages: 
307-319
Volume: 
27
Author(s): 
Kerkhof M.
Groot A.
Borgstein M.
Bos-Gorter L.
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Description: 

To give more attention to the normative character of sustainable development, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality requested for a participatory approach to evaluate Dutch agriculture, which was characterized by stakeholder workshops, dialogue, and learning. This article describes and reflects on this approach, using the Fourth Generation Evaluation framework developed by Guba and Lincoln (Fourth generation evaluation, 1989). Although there are several improvements to be made, the evaluation approach was successful in the way that it gave insight into perceptions, visions, and ambitions of agricultural stakeholders with regard to sustainability.

Publication year: 
2010
Keywords: 
Forth Generation Evaluation
Participation
Stakeholder dialogue
agriculture
Netherlands