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Convenors: Ana Alexandra Marta-Costa and Emiliana da Silva

Farming systems are faced with a double (and often contradictory) challenge to be successful: economic performance has to be maximised while environment and natural resources need to be protected. When choosing the best alternative, the method of evaluation plays a key role. In this workshop we want to discuss various methods used to build sustainable farming systems, especially regarding their efficiency and their results.
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Convenors: Lesley Hunt and John Fairweather

This workshop offers a space for those in interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary research programmes to present their programmes as narratives. The narrative can cover the beginning, present and future directions of a programme, funding and stakeholders, programme structure, experiences of researchers, key findings so far, relevance to stakeholders and future sustainability, and advantages of being transdisciplinary.
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Convenors: Catherine Macombe, Sophie Madelrieux, Benoit Dedieu and Hans Langeveld

Like the remainder of society, farming systems are going through a period of shifts and transitions. In this workshop we would like to address the social impacts of these shifts, especially on liveability. Liveability can be defined as the characteristics of the systems, which satisfy farmers’ expectations about farming, about his or her relations with family and other activities. The aim of this workshop is to share knowledge and experiences about what to do (as scientist or as advisors) to make sure that farmers like to farm.
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Convenors: Otto Schmid, Nikola Patzel, Thomas Lindenthal and Flurina Schneider

The importance of unconscious systems in human behaviour is well known, but until now it has been neglected in agricultural sciences. Pictures, images and symbols are commonly used in marketing but are rarely explored as a source of orientation in transitions towards sustainable futures or in strategic planning by farmers, advisors and researchers. The aim of the workshop is to find symbolic images and inspiring ideas as a base for a look forward. We will also discuss how images can reveal values and conflicts.
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Convenor: Christine Buchmann

Subsistence farmers often face difficult conditions involving risks and uncertainties. To cope with the impact of hazards and to create long-term resilience to adverse conditions, farmers continuously adapt their lifestyles and practices. The workshop will focus on the interconnectedness of subsistence agriculture's different aspects. Through the discussion among young interdisciplinary scientists (e.g. ethnobotanists), the workshop will identify common challenges that farmers face across the continents, as well as reveal adaptation and learning cycles.
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