Within the Netherlands, historic estates form an important part of the Dutch landscape with many sites dating back to the seventeenth and eighteenth century. In recent years, there has been increased attention and interest to stimulate the development and revival of historic estate kitchen gardens in …

This study examines the needs and challenges of Community Supported Agriculture farms (CSAs) in the Netherlands. It also explores leverage points for systemic change in the Dutch food system, aiming to address global societal challenges and food sovereignty issues. This research is carried out for …

The global agricultural landscape is increasingly dominated by industrial systems based on neoliberal priorities, leading to the disappearance of smallholder farmers in the EU. Conventional agriculture favours huge landholdings where fewer people are involved in the process of producing food. These trends …

The research described in this professional assignment identifies the bottom-up governance arrangements that enable Dutch CSAs to achieve collective land ownership in line with their principles. These arrangements are being explored in response to multidimensional agrifood system failures and recent …

Current food system challenges such as the gap between farmers, consumer, and food production, have caused alternative agriculture initiatives such as community supported agriculture (CSA) to rise. Herenboeren is a CSA initiative that aims to give local communities back their food sovereignty while …

This open access book states that the endemic societal faultlines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with challenges affecting the security and sustainability of our societies. It states that new ways of inhabiting and cultivating our planet are needed to keep it healthy for …

Dit afstudeerproject is uitgevoerd in opdracht van ‘Pluk! Groenten van West’, een in Amsterdam gevestigde Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Een CSA is een alternatief voedselnetwerk dat functioneert als innovatieve oplossing voor de problematiek van lange ketens tussen producent en consument. De …

Community forestry is a way to combine forest conservation with economic development of forest depending communities. In the Pacific zone of northern Peru, the rural population heavily relies on the endemic dry forest ecosystem as a source of firewood, timber and as grazing area. Bad management, overuse …

De Nieuwe Ronde has been subjected in the last five years to serious aging among its members and together with possible member expansion wants to find out how the profile of potential new consumers looks like. This is essential to improve the relation of demand and supply and with that strengthen the …

Development is largely perceived as a process of building capacities, hence empowering people through training is to able to handle their affairs by them selves. The research examined the practical significance of action oriented training as a basic approach for sustainable management of natural resources …