For Scientists
VISIONARY aims to improve the sustainability of agriculture by promoting those practices in food production systems that are more environmentally friendly, economically viable, and socio-culturally appropriate, and helping to remove the barriers to their adoption.
Methodology
At its core, VISIONARY uses methods from experimental and behavioural economics to identify barriers and appropriate behavioural interventions (nudges, education, incentives) for farmers and consumers. The novelty of VISIONARY lies in the combination of experimental methods with a systems thinking approach, considering the whole agri-food system as an influence on farmer decisions. The innovative combination of quantitative and qualitative data from a variety of methods is our important methodological contribution to more system based research. Comparability will be achieved by applying the same or similar methods across case studies in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, and the UK.
In order to achieve improved capacities, for researchers in behavioural and experimental research, as well as for policy makers and value chain actors to utilise such research, VISIONARY will work with these actors in Science-Policy-Interfaces set up alongside the case studies.
News
Introducing… AKI
AKI is the co-lead of WP2 and responsible for one of the project’s groundwork tasks within that WP: conducting a literature-based mapping of drivers for behaviour change in the food system. Besides that, AKI is engaged in the following four case study research:...
Introducing… HCC
Established in 2006, Highclere Consulting (HCC) provides high-quality consultancy, training and policy analysis services for governmental and non-governmental organizations working on agricultural, rural development and environmental issues in Southeast Europe and...
SPI of the month: The dairy supply chain, green innovation and climate change in Trento, Italy
How can the dairy supply chain become more sustainable? With their SPI (Science-Policy-Interface) “Decarbonising dairy production” the VISIONARY team from the University of Trento is focusing exactly on this issue. To find out how to better promote production...
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Case Studies
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