Participatory approach for developing knowledge on organic rice farming: Management strategies and productive performance



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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102739
DOI: 
10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102739
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journal article
Journal: 
Agricultural Systems
Number: 
February 2020
Volume: 
178
Author(s): 
Orlando, F.
Alali S.
Vaglia, V.
Pagliarino, E.
Bacenetti J.
Bocchi S.
Organic Rice Network
Bocchi S.
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The study proposes a knowledge-intensive and qualitative research methodology based on researcher-farmer participatory approach, with the aim to improve the state of knowledge on organic rice, explore the yield potential and variability, and identify the successful agronomic practices. A wide range of cropping systems placed in North Italy were monitored and analysed during three years by a multi-actor network. Knowledge was generated from collected data and information, integrating the scientific and empirical knowledge on the basis of the DIKW hierarchy and through mutual learning and knowledge sharing tools. The organic rice field proved to be a complex and difficult to predict system, which evolves over the time, under the on-going pressure of the bottom-up innovations, and whose performance depends on many interacting elements.

Publication year: 
2020
Keywords: 
Agroecology
Bottom-up innovation
Farm-led research
Adaptive management
Organic rice
Yield variability