University of Twente Student Theses
Rethinking Our Food Systems
Gentilini, Davide (2024) Rethinking Our Food Systems.
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| Abstract: | Due to the contemporary challenge of climate change and the large contribution that industrial agriculture has in causing this issue, seeing regenerative agriculture as a more dominant food production model has the potential for being an important mitigation option. In this research, a community farm that farms regeneratively in the outskirts of Enschede, Netherlands, was examined according to the criteria of Strategic Niche Management (SNM). This literary framework provides managerial indications of the activities and relationships a niche must nurture to shelter itself and grow towards the regime level. The following research question was used: According to Strategic Niche Management, to what extent does a community farm in Enschede enact the required strategies to nurture and grow its niche? Semi-structured interviews with members of the farm’s management board and a farmer were used to gather the data. Results indicated that despite not knowing SNM, the farm covers most of its pillars, providing a possible indication for why it has been demonstrating a viable management model, capable of bringing increased recognition to the farm in time. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | ITC: Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation |
| Programme: | Technology and Liberal Arts & Sciences BSc (50427) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/101773 |
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