Approaches to increase resource efficiency with peer-to-peer extension in Swiss agriculture

Pfister, Mirjam; Zbinden Gysin, Karin; Häller, Bruno (2019). Approaches to increase resource efficiency with peer-to-peer extension in Swiss agriculture Austrian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies, 28 Österreichische Gesellschaft für Agrarökonomie

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Climate change, population growth and changed dietary habits challenge the efficient use of resources in agriculture and call for novel approaches and solutions. The Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture has therefore launched the project ‘Resource Efficiency for Food Security’ (REDES). A peer-to-peer exchange among eleven innovative farmers in the form of working groups aims during a period of four years at a development of their operations in accordance with the principles of sustainability and resource efficiency. The study examines what effects of the method of the working group upon knowledge transfer, intrinsic motivation and participants’ attitudes to sustainability can be observed. Even the farmers being very innovative, the combination of top-down prescribed project goals with bottom-up peer-to-peer exchange proved problematic and hampered the setting of joint goals and agendas.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Knowledge Systems and Knowledge Sharing
Name:	Pfister, Mirjam; Zbinden Gysin, Karin and Häller, Bruno
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
ISSN:	1815-8129
Publisher:	Österreichische Gesellschaft für Agrarökonomie
Language:	German
Submitter:	Mirjam Pfister
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2020 13:14
Last Modified:	22 Sep 2020 07:12
Uncontrolled Keywords:	agriculture, resource efficiency, peer-to-peer extension, knowledge transfer, innovation
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.9969
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/9969