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WELCOME TO THE IFSA EUROPEAN GROUP!

Welcome to the website of the International Farming Systems Association - Europe
Group. This website is primarily a repository of the proceedings of various
European IFSA symposia, ensuring that the full-text of the presented papers are
widely accessible. You can search the website using the search field (top right
of your screen). The website also offers a list of Books & Papers which are key
sources of further information on Farming Systems Research.

This website is dedicated to Farming Systems Research in a western context
(focusing on Europe). If you are interested in FSR as applied in the Global
South, we recommend the Digital Collection by the University of Florida, where
you can search and download a large number of papers and publications.

 


IFSA 2024

The 2024 IFSA conference was held in Trapani (Sicily) from 1 to 4 July 2024. The
theme of the conference is 'Systemic change for sustainable futures'

There was a PhD course that started on 28 June and ran until the end of the
conference.

Here is the website of the IFSA 2024

 

 


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NEW RELEVANT BOOKS!

Ison, R. and Straw, E. (2020). The hidden power of systems thinking - Governance
in a climate emergency. Routledge.

Gibbon, D. (2018) Tales from an itinerant agronomist. Learning from peoples,
places and writings for a more equitable, systemic and sustainable world.
Leicester: Troubadour Publishing.

SISA - System Innovation towards Sustainable Agriculture

Elzen, B., A.M. Augustyn, M. Barbier and B. van Mierlo (eds.) (2017).
AgroEcological Transitions. Changes and breakthroughs in the making. Wageningen:
WUR, 304 pp.

Barbier, M. and B. Elzen (eds.) (2012) System innovations, knowledge regimes and
design practices towards transitions for sustainable agriculture. INRA-SAD, 264
pp.

 


RELATED CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA

The 2nd International Conference on Biodynamic Research was held 30 Aug - 2
Sept. 2021 at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester (UK) (Call for
contributions)

The 2nd International Symposium on Work in Agriculture was held 29 March - 1
April 2021 in Clermont Ferrand (France) - the 2nd ISWA will be a virtual
symposium!

Workshop on Transversal views of work in agriculture was held 11-14 November
2018 at the State University of Maringa (Brazil)

The 3rd SISA Workshop on Systems Innovation towards Sustainable Agriculture was
held 6-8 November 2018 in Riga (Latvia)

The 1st Agroecology Europe Forum took place 25-27 October 2017 in Lyon (France).
The overall theme was: "Fostering synergies between movements, science and
practice!

The 23rd European Seminar on Extension and Education (ESEE) took place 4-7 July
2017 in Chania (Greece). The overall theme was: "Transformative learning: new
directions in agricultural extension and education"

The International Symposium on work in agriculture took place 8-11 Nov. 2016 in
Parana (Brazil). The overall theme was: "Complex realities and transformations
in work in a diversity of farming models"


The XIV World Congress of Rural Sociology took place 10-14 Aug. 2016 in Toronto,
Canada. The overall theme was: 'Sustainable and just rural transitions:
Connexions and complexities.

The 5th International Symposium for Farming Systems Design was held in
Montpellier, 7-10 September 2015. The theme of the Symposium is "Multifuntional
farming systems in a changing world". The research focus of the Farming Systems
Design (FSD) community is the farm system level, the interactions and feedbacks
at lower and higher levels of integration and the tools and methods required for
understanding and implementing multi-functional farming systems expressing good
trade-offs between agricultural production and ecosystem services.

The XXVIth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) was held
in Aberdeen (UK) from 18-21 August 2015. The congress theme was: "Places of
possibility? Rural societies in a neoliberal world"

The 22ndEuropean Seminar on Extension and Education (ESEE) was held in
Wageningen (The Netherlands) from 28 April till 1 May 2015. The conference theme
was: "Competence and excellence in extension and education" (call for proposals
and conference website)

On 10-11 Feb. 2015 the Good Food - Good Farming conference has taken place in
Brussels. It was organised by civil society organisations and grassroots
movements such as ARC 2020, Friends of the Earth Europe, the IFOAM EU-Group, and
the European Economic and Social Committee.

The first Humid Tropics Integrated Systems Conference, with the theme "The role
of systems research in sustainable intensification" took place at IITA in Ibadan
(Nigeria), 7-10 October 2014.

The 14th EAAE Conference on "Agri-food and rural innovations for healthier
societies" was held 26-29 August 2014 in Ljubljana (Slovenia)

International Encounters: "Family Farming and Research" was held 1-3 June 2014
at Agropolis International in Montpellier (France)

2nd Workshop on Systems Innovation towards Sustainable Agriculture was held
22-23 May 2014 in Paris (France)

The Xth Congress of the Brasilian Society for Production Systems (SBSP) was held
14-17 May 2014 in Foz do Iguacu (Brazil).

The 3rd Conference on Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems was held 4-8 May
2014 in Montpellier (France)

The 11th European IFSA Symposium took place 1-4 April 2014 at the Humboldt
Universität zu Berlin. The overall theme is "Farming Systems facing global
challenges - capacities and strategies". Go the the Website for the IFSA 2014
for the detailed information.

The 21st European Seminar on Extension Education (ESEE) was held 2-6 September
2013 in Antalya (Turkey)

The 4th International Symposium for Farming Systems Design was held 19-22 August
2013 in Lanzhou, China. Its theme was: Sustainable intensification of
agriculture: Systems research helping to meet the needs and managing the
trade-offs in a challenging world.

The 2012 European IFSA Symposium took place at Aarhus University in Denmark,
from 1 to 4 July. The theme was: "Producing and reproducing farming systems: New
modes of organisation for the sustainable food systems of tomorrow".
Website for the IFSA 2012, with all the detailed information!

The Southern and Eastern African Association for Farming Systems
Research-Extension (SEAAFSRE) held its 11th regional conference on 19-21 Nov.
2012 in Pretoria, South Africa. Its theme was: ‘Innovation System Perspective in
Agriculture and Rural Development for smallholder farmers


2014: INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FAMILY FARMING

In December 2011, the UN General Assembly declared 2014 to be the International
Year of Family Farming (IYFF).

Among its initiatives for the International Year, FAO is planning to publish a
major study on family farming and agricultural innovation systems (AIS) in 2014
as part of its State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) series.

For further information, see the FAO Website on Agricultural Innovation in
Family Farming Conceptual document in favour of Family Farming

The European Commission held a conference on 29 Nov. 2013 in Brussels, on Family
farming: A dialogue towards more sustainable and resilient farming in Europe and
the world. You can find a comprehensive documentation on the conference website!
Proceedings

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