Freddy J. Van Hulst

Freddy J. Van Hulst
Wageningen University & Research | WUR

PhD

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Introduction
Allround researcher with an interest in inclusive agricultural innovation, agro-ecology, participation and power dynamics. Experience in various European and African contexts.
Additional affiliations
April 2017 - April 2018
James Hutton Institute
Position
  • Agricultural Sociologist
November 2012 - June 2016
University of Greenwich
Position
  • PhD Student
Education
September 2010 - September 2012
Wageningen University & Research
Field of study
  • Land degradation and development
September 2010 - September 2012
Wageningen University & Research
Field of study
  • Rural development sociology

Publications

Publications (17)
Article
In recent years, Conservation Agriculture has been promoted in sub-Saharan Africa as an alternative farming system for smallholder farmers to address declining soil productivity and climate change. [...] This paper explores the reasons why farmers choose for CA or conventional farming, using the Reasoned Action Approach. Based on findings from a re...
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Inadequate Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is often thought to hinder adaptive management of socio-ecological systems. A key influence on environmental management practices are environmental policies: however, their consequences for M&E practices have not been well-examined. We examine three policy areas - the Water Framework Directive, the Natura...
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Agro-ecology has been recognized as a potential route to realizing the multiple economic, social, and environmental benefits increasingly required of agricultural systems. However, views on what constitutes agro-ecology differ considerably between countries, and also between stakeholder groups such as natural scientists and farmers. To identify are...
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This article explores how conflict-induced displacement influences agricultural innovation processes and systems, and its implications after the return home or permanent resettlement of smallholder farmers. Results show that high rates of agricultural innovation occurred during displacement in the Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), many of which were...
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Purpose: This paper seeks to understand what influences research and extension professionals' intentions to use AIS approaches and to explore how this can inform implementation and design of more effective AIS. Methodology: We applied the Reasoned Action Approach through focus groups and structured questionnaires with research and extension profes...
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The data presented in this DiB article provide an overview of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) carried out for 3 European environmental policies (the Water Framework Directive, the Natura 2000 network of protected areas, and Agri-Environment Schemes implemented under the Common Agricultural Policy), as implemented in 9 cases (Catalonia (Spain), Esto...
Technical Report
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The boundary between productive land and hill land in Scotland has moved over time, in response to climate and also to market demand. Scotland's climate is changing, and this will mean changes for those areas of Scotland that sit on the margins of productive agriculture. [...] The potential impact of climate change on marginal land was identified b...
Technical Report
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The report is summarising the preliminary findings: Blackstock K.L. et al. (2017) Monitoring and Evaluation for Ecosystem Management (MEEM), Technical Report, James Hutton Institute, 96 pages.
Thesis
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My PhD dissertation looks into the reasons why actors in the agricultural innovation system, such as ministries of agriculture and NGOs, promote various Conservation Agriculture practices in Kenya and Madagascar. This is complemented with adoption studies using the Reasoned Action Approach to explain intentions and adoption of Conservation Agricult...
Conference Paper
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In recent years, conservation agriculture has been promoted in sub-Saharan Africa as an alternative farming system for smallholder farmers to address declining soil productivity and climate change. CA has to be tailored to the agro-ecological and socio-economic context of smallholder farmers to achieve impact. But even if there is a ‘perfect fit’,...

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