The EU FP7 funded project DERREG has come to an end, but various publications are foreseen. The first set of 11 articles are published in two Special Issues of the European Countryside, an open access Journal, edited by Michael Woods and John McDonagh:
Special Issue 1: Volume 3, Number 3 / 2011
Special Issue 2: Volume 4, Number 1 / 2012
The 11 articles are listed below including a hyperlink to the full text in pdf. Continue reading
Samen met Wageningen UR Livestock Research, die een eigen ontwerp aanpak heeft ontwikkeld (rapport: Reflexief interactief ontwerpen) organiseert de Boerengroep een ontwerpwedstrijd voor de veehouderij. Uit de toelichting:
De toekomst van de veehouderij in Nederland staat ter discussie. Extra aandacht is nodig voor dierenwelzijn, diergezondheid, volksgezondheid, landschap en milieu met behoud van het inkomen van de boer: een zorgvuldige veehouderij. Analyses van de problemen zijn er voldoende. Het is nu tijd om goed beargumenteerd met oplossingen aan de slag te gaan. Middels deze ontwerpwedstijd nodigen we HAO en WU studenten uit om met constructieve ideeën te komen voor de veehouderij van de toekomst.
Voor meer informatie zie de website Ontwerpwedstrijd Veehouderij of neem contact op met Klarien Klingen: info@ontwerpwedstrijdveehouderij.nl
Februari 1 and 2 we had our third SOLINSA project meeting in Paris. Apart from discussing the proceedings in the different Workpackages (see www.solinsa.net for more information and results) we had a workshop dedicated to making Participatory Video’s. In the workshop lead by Catcher Media and Chris High from the Open University, we as team of researchers learned to make our own participatory video: what is SOLINSA about? This resulted in a short video ( 3 minutes only) that has been published at the front page of the SOLINSA website (www.solinsa.net) and at You Tube. If you want to get a quick impression of the SOLINSA project and our team have a look:
Wageningen University (in casu: Communication and Innovation Studies and Rural Sociology Group) was the lead partner of WP3 Understanding the context. WP3 aimed at analysing the trends, relation to LINSA’s and structure of the Agricultural and Knowledge Systems in the participating 8 countries through desk study and a participatory SWOT analysis. This has resulted in two reports accessible at the website:
For further information with regard to WP3 one can contact Frans Hermans (Frans.Hermans@wur.nl).
Next event is the international dissemination workshop on the future of AKIS in Europe on March 5, 2012 in Brussels. The workshop is organised in partnership with the collaborative working group on Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems (AKIS) of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR). Proceedings of the seminar will be available for download after the 15th of March. At the workshop a summary of the WP3 results will be presented.
The Food Film Festival 2012, March 16 – 18 in Amsterdam, is an event initaited and organised by the Dutch branch of the Youth Food Movement. It promises an interesting mix of films, workshops, events and even a specific food festival for kids. See the programme at the website or the pdf here. Tim Lang will close the festival with a key note. Take a look at the short video clip blow, an appetizer.
The course Origin Food: a market for identity will start again on Monday, March 12. The course is obligatory in the specialization Gastronomy of the Master Food Technology, but open to students from other masters as well. Last two years students from various masters and nationalities and an interest in food products with a Geographical Indication attended the course: next to Food Technology students from Animal Sciences, Management, Economy and Consumer Studies, Development and Rural Innovation, Nutrition and Health, Organic Agriculture, International Development Studies and a student from Geo-information Sciences completed the course. The interaction between students from different disciplines and nationalities in group assignments and plenary discussions contributes to mutual learning and is highly appreciated by the students. The gastronomic excursion is however seen as the highlight of the course, as Jidi Xu made clear with her video clip of the field trip to the Rhederoord Estate. Continue reading
Rural Sociology Wageningen University 