Systemic approach, participation and sustainability in agriculture

A constructivist approach

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  • Sérgio Leite Guimarães Pinheiro Epagri, Zona Costeira de SC
  • Craig J. Pearson Universidade de Queensland
  • Shankar Chamala Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of Queensland

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system aproach, participation and sustentability, constructivist approach

Abstract

Rural development approaches, called systemic, participatory and sustainable, have not shown significant changes in relation to previous strategies. In this article, another perspective is added to the dialogue on development: the Constructivist approach, which brings different meanings to metaphors such as knowledge, information, communication, development, participation and power.

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Author Biographies

Sérgio Leite Guimarães Pinheiro, Epagri, Zona Costeira de SC

Pesquisador da Epagri, líder do projeto de Desenvolvimento Territorial Sustentável (DTS) na Zona Costeira de SC.

Craig J. Pearson, Universidade de Queensland

Professor da Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of Queensland.

O autor contribuiu para pesquisas em tópicos: Agricultura e Produtividade.

Shankar Chamala, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of Queensland

Dr. Chamala tinha um diploma de bacharel em ciências agrícolas pela Osmania University e mestrado e doutorado em ciências agrícolas pelo Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Ele começou sua carreira em 1963 como um extensionista no Indian Council of Agricultural Research e posteriormente trabalhou no India's Council of Scientific Industrial Research, National Council of Education and Research, Small Industry Extension Training Institute. Ele também teve um período como pesquisador de audiência em rádio e televisão. Foi recrutado para a University of Queensland em 1972 pelo Dr. Joan Tully.

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1997-06-01

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Pinheiro, S. L. G., Pearson, C. J., & Chamala, S. (1997). Systemic approach, participation and sustainability in agriculture: A constructivist approach. Agropecuária Catarinense Journal, 10(2), 14–18. Retrieved from https://publicacoes.epagri.sc.gov.br/rac/article/view/1988

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (1997)

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Bibliografic review

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Copyright (c) 1997 Sérgio Leite Guimarães Pinheiro, Craig J. Pearson, Shankar Chamala

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