Renewing innovative systems in agriculture and food : how to go towards more sustainability? / edited by E. Coudel, H. Devautour, C.T. Soulard, G. Faure and B. Hubert

Includes bibliographical references

"This book takes the debate beyond the purely technical options and considers social and institutional innovations as well. It demonstrates that innovation is the result of a confrontation between visions of actors who often have diveergent interests. There is no single path towards sustainable development and we must find ways to encourage the emergence and co-existence of different types of agriculture and food systems. The success of transitions will not only depend on our capacity to rethink existing models, but especially on our willingness to embark on a creative leraning process form whicah we will inevitablu emerge transformed".-- provided by publisher.