Search Results - "metaphor"

Soil biodiversity and nature-mimicry in agriculture; the power of metaphor? by Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet, Boer, Wietse de, Giller, Kenneth E., Kuyper, Thomas W.

“…We argue that dichotomies and pitfalls associated with the normative use of nature as a metaphor for sustainability can be counterproductive given the urgency to achieve real solutions that sustain food production and natural resources. …”
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Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna by García Ruiz, Ketty, Huasco Escalante, Jaime, López Rojas, Jhon Jairo

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Operationalizing the soil health metaphor to create sustainable food systems, with a focus on smallholder farming in the Global South by Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet

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Underlying values and motivational factors of farmers : a study of Swedish farmers who use HVO in their productions by Frostgård, Louise, Svensson Svenungsson, Ellika

Subjects: “…The Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique…”

Resilient design for the extended Välen-Frölunda Valley by Valman, Anna

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The Current Emphasis : en diskussion om flödesfilosofi och planering by Welin, Carl

“…This paper shows that the historical and philosophical metaphor of flow can be applied to meet the demands in the global city. …”

Livestock research and development in East and Southern Africa: An innovation systems perspective with special reference to the International Livestock Research Institute by Norman, C., James, S., Maija, H.

“…The concept of innovation system is used increasingly in current science policy discourse as a metaphor to indicate the need for a much wider perspective on relevant decision-making procedures than has been the case in the past. …”
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Co-Learn: collaborative learning by Center for International Forestry Research

“…It seeks to support adaptive and collaborative management (ACM) of natural resources by helping people to enjoy learning processes in groups. This tool uses the metaphor of a map with a bus routes that present to the users several options and aids to getting from any point in an abstract management landscape to another, by a route that users select themselves. …”
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How to swarm? Organizing for sustainable and equitable food systems transformation in a time of crisis by Korner, Jana, Thornton, Philip K., Klerkx, Laurens

“…In this perspective article we use the metaphor of ‘swarms’ and ‘swarming’ to illustrate a more distributed way of working with a set of approaches that, if implemented jointly, may help AR4D researchers and their institutions to step up the pace and scale for food systems transformation, as urgently called for in global dialogues around the UN Food System Summit, COP 26, and beyond. …”
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Reconciling biodiversity conservation and food security: scientific challenges for a new agriculture by Brussaard, Lijbert, Caron, P., Campbell, Bruce M., Lipper, Leslie, Mainka, S, Rabbinge, Rudy, Babin, D., Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet

“…We elaborate the management of plant genetic resources as a metaphor of the tensions between such values of biodiversity and ecosystem services in general. …”
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Farmers’ Perception of Management Accounting by Jonsson, Filip, Sandlund, Marcus

“…During the interviews, the Zaltman metaphor elicitation technique was used to obtain knowledge and understanding of farmer’s perception regarding management accounting. …”

Motivational factors and values of by Blom, Fanny, Danielsson, Sandra

“…A qualitative approach together with the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) forms a method that can highlight factors that effected the ten respondents’ choices to selling through a local food node. …”
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Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance by Bruns, Bryan Randolph, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…The concept of a groundwater governance toolbox offers a metaphor for thinking about the variety of policy instruments available and how they might be chosen, combined, and adapted to create customized toolkits to solve problems and achieve gains in specific contexts. …”
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Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response by Wise, RM, Fazey, I, Stafford Smith, M.D., Park, SE, Eakin, H.C., Archer Van Garderen, ERM, Campbell, Bruce M.

“…Recent decision-oriented approaches that aim to overcome this situation are framed within a “pathways” metaphor to emphasise the need for robust decision making within adaptive processes in the face of uncertainty and inter-temporal complexity. …”
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The two faces of sustainability : Fuzzy evaluation of sustainable development. by Cornelissen, T.

“…Based on Koestler's metaphor of the Janus-faced holon, the «two faces of sustainability» provide a two-way perspective by integrating ecocentric and anthropocentric rationales on sustainability in a system imperative and a societal imperative. …”
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Agricultural and forestry business owners’ perceptions of banks by Dickson, Cecilia, Magnusson, Sara

“…This study has used a qualitative methodological approach, with the following interview techniques: the Zaltman metaphor-elicitation technique and the Laddering technique. …”

Bridging research, policy, and practice in African agriculture: progress and problems in confronting hunger and poverty by Omamo, Steven Were

“…The rational model -- with its underlying metaphor of a 'policy cycle' comprising problem definition and agenda setting, formal decision making, policy implementation, evaluation, and then back to problem definition and agenda setting, and so on -- has been criticized as too simplistic and unrealistic. …”
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Underlying motivational factors of farmers when acquiring arable land by Kreutz, Emilia, Peterson, Ellinor

“…The study is based on Means-End Chain theory (MEC), a framework for describing and linking peoples’ values to their behaviour. The Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) was used, a qualitative method previously never applied in this context, providing a new perspective and generating a unique result. …”
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What is farm animal welfare? : a study of animal-based food consumers’ perceptions inMexico using the ZMET tool by Capetillo Hernandez, Cristel Alejandra

“…Thus, a novel approach was embraced by applying the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) and interpreting the results based on the Means-End Chain (MEC) theory and the Schwartz’s personal values theory; this approach, together with the findings, are the study’s key contribution. …”

Gestión de conocimiento y comunicación estratégica: su imbricación en el sistema científico tecnológico agropecuario argentino. Un modelo a partir de la deconstrucción/ construcció... by Piola, Mariana

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