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The Dutch agricultural sector is facing major challenges, which can affect the entrepreneurial farming activities. One of the major challenges is the adoption of practices leading to sustainable agriculture. Therefore, it is relevant to investigate the knowledge of the main actors in agriculture: the farmers. In this project, the way farmers structure their knowledge is studied. The study was completed through filling questionnaires by interviewing them. It was revealed that farmers possess knowledge of their own about their enterprise, but they also receive knowledge from external sources. Through this organized survey, we identified the concepts that farmers associate with sustainable agriculture. However, it is not clear whether the famers’ knowledge is sufficient and suitable to adopt sustainable practices.
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Carreón, J.R., Jorna, R.J., Faber, N., van Haren, R. (2011). A Knowledge Approach to Sustainable Agriculture. In: Behnassi, M., Draggan, S., Yaya, S. (eds) Global Food Insecurity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0890-7_2
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