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Knowledge transfer regarding the issue of animal health

Hoischen-Taubner, Susanne; Bielecke, Alexandra and Sundrum, Albert (2017) Knowledge transfer regarding the issue of animal health. Organic Agriculture, 2017, pp. 1-16.

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Summary

The transfer of knowledge and information gained from scientific investigations into farm practice is a primary constituent of applied agricultural science. The importance of this for both agricultural practice and agricultural science is in stark contrast with the fact that only very few studies have been conducted so far which have focussed on the framework required to achieve a successful transfer of knowledge.
Both the necessary prerequisites for and potential barriers to the successful transfer of knowledge regarding the issue of animal health have been the topic of this study taking different stakeholder perspectives into account. Based on a socio-cognitive approach to knowledge transfer, different communication techniques (e.g. estimations of animal health situations, environmental stakeholder analysis and dialogue cafes) were used to depict and record the views on and understanding of different stakeholders on the issue of animal health.
The analysis revealed divergence in the understanding of animal health, unclear responsibilities and self-referential judgements as barriers in the process of knowledge transfer. In the face of these constraints it is concluded that a targeted transfer of knowledge with respect to the issue of animal health is considerably compromised, requiring the creation of a framework which would provide the conditions for knowledge transfer. A common strategic goal, limiting the prevalence of production diseases, would help to bypass the current lack of a universally accepted definition of animal health. At the same time, this would function as a quality reference value in line with growing interest in animal welfare in livestock production.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:conflicting areas, stakeholder analysis, system justification, organic livestock farming, reflection, BÖLN, BOELN, BÖL, BOEL, FKZ 12OE016
Agrovoc keywords:
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Animal health
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_431
English
stakeholders
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9001020
English
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Subjects: Animal husbandry > Health and welfare
Knowledge management > Education, extension and communication
Knowledge management
Research affiliation: Germany > Federal Organic Farming Scheme - BOELN > Animals > Tiergesundheit
Germany > University of Kassel > Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Health
ISSN:1879-4246
DOI:DOI: 10.1007/s13165-017-0175-9
Related Links:http://orgprints.org/cgi/search/advanced?addtitle%2Ftitle=&keywords=12OE016&projects=BOEL&_order=bypublication&_action_search=Suchen
Deposited By: Hoischen-Taubner, Susanne
ID Code:31064
Deposited On:25 Jan 2017 09:52
Last Modified:21 Apr 2020 12:24
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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