Gestaltung einer partizipativen Forschung und Beratung innerhalb eines Projektes in der ökologischen Milchviehhaltung

Summary

In The Netherlands a participatory project was established, called BIOVEEM
(Management for organic dairy farming) (www.bioveem.nl). The central idea was an
integration of science and practice and the renewal of experiential methods. Advisors
and researchers were trained how to be a coach and to stimulate active learning
within a pioneering group of farmers. Three different approaches were used in the
project to achieve the project aim: on-farm experimental and observational research,
(process)-monitoring plus comparison, evaluation and systematic inclusion of farmers’
experiences in the research & development process. Much emphasis was put on
describing ‘the systems that work’, pinning down and distributing the novelties that
were developed by the group of pioneers.