Globally, agricultural systems are facing unprecedented challenges. The problems are of systemic nature and will require transformational changes and systemic redesign. In this study, we investigated the redesign of dairy systems in New Zealand, due to their large economic, social and environmental influence nationally. We did not set the boundaries of the ‘dairy systems’ from the outset, letting this definition be part of the design process. We applied ‘Reflexive Interactive Design’ (RIO), an approach aimed at structurally addressing complex trade-offs and contributing, by process and design, to change towards sustainable development and integral sustainability (i.e. in all relevant dimensions of sustainability). A detailed system analysis was conducted, followed by two rounds of structured design focused on four main stakeholders (‘actors') identified as part of the RIO process: the farmers, the citizens, the consumers, and the dairy cows. Our study established design goals related to enhancing the wellbeing of humans and animals, enhancing environmental performance, economics and resilience of dairy systems and reconnecting dairy farming with the rest of society. The process took us beyond the boundaries of a dairy farm and identified the territorial level as the object of design, arriving at a design concept we have called the ‘Agro-ecological Park’. The name was chosen to convey an analogy with ‘Eco-industrial Parks’. Operating as a multifunctional network, the Park has the goal of delivering multiple benefits for its members, and multiple goods and services for the rest of society. The coordinated network articulates linkages between farmers and many other businesses and people in the territory. The individual dairy farm is redesigned to be a node in that network rather than operating as an isolated entity. That way, much of the weight for the increased complexity and multifunctionality now demanded of farming can be carried by the network instead of the individual farmer. These preliminary design ideas, and the reasoning behind them, should encourage new perspectives on the complex problems facing NZ dairy farming, and agriculture globally, in the upcoming decades.

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使用反射式交互设计为新西兰设计未来的乳品系统

在全球范围内，农业系统正面临前所未有的挑战。这些问题具有系统性，需要转型变革和系统性重新设计。在这项研究中，我们调查了新西兰乳品系统的重新设计，因为它们在全国范围内具有巨大的经济、社会和环境影响。我们从一开始就没有设定“乳制品系统”的界限，让这个定义成为设计过程的一部分。我们应用了“反思性交互设计”(RIO)，这是一种旨在从结构上解决复杂的权衡问题，并通过流程和设计为实现可持续发展和整体可持续性（即可持续性的所有相关方面）做出贡献的方法。进行了详细的系统分析，然后针对四个主要利益相关者（“参与者”）进行了两轮结构化设计 ) 确定为 RIO 过程的一部分：农民、公民、消费者和奶牛。我们的研究确立了与提高人类和动物的福祉、提高乳品系统的环境绩效、经济性和弹性以及重新连接奶牛养殖与社会其他部分相关的设计目标。这个过程让我们超越了奶牛场的界限，将领土层面确定为设计对象，得出了一个我们称之为“农业生态公园”的设计概念。选择这个名称是为了传达与“生态工业园区”的类比。作为一个多功能网络运营，该公园的目标是为其成员提供多种利益，并为社会其他人提供多种商品和服务。协调的网络将农民与该领土内的许多其他企业和人民联系起来。单个奶牛场被重新设计为该网络中的一个节点，而不是作为一个孤立的实体运营。这样一来，现在农业所需的复杂性和多功能性增加的大部分重量可以由网络而不是单个农民承担。这些初步设计理念及其背后的推理应该会鼓励人们对未来几十年新西兰奶牛养殖和全球农业面临的复杂问题产生新的看法。现在农业所需的复杂性和多功能性的增加可以由网络而不是个体农民承担。这些初步设计理念及其背后的推理应该会鼓励人们对未来几十年新西兰奶牛养殖和全球农业面临的复杂问题产生新的看法。现在农业所需的复杂性和多功能性的增加可以由网络而不是个体农民承担。这些初步设计理念及其背后的推理应该会鼓励人们对未来几十年新西兰奶牛养殖和全球农业面临的复杂问题产生新的看法。