The governance of farming and natural resource management

Published in November 2016, the scientific article The governance of farming and natural resource management has been written by the Development Policy and Practice, Open University (DPP), and published in Outlook on Agriculture. It looks at the role of green jobs and skills for the transition of developing countries towards sustainable economy. It  provides recommendations for better integration of green jobs and skills into policies and programmes.

The study considers that 'business as usual' is impeding implementation of systemic change in the governance of the natural resources on which all forms of farming depend and the transformation of agricultural techniques, practices, and enterprises toward multifunctional sustainability. The contributions to the governance of farming and natural resource management explore how business as usual challenged and transformed by means of institutional change; cogeneration of knowledge and multi-actor learning; and new forms of governance