ABSTRACT

Diversification through agroecological principles may maintain and stabilize yields in an increasingly more unpredictable climate, including market price fluctuations, as well as preserve and enhance the threatened natural resource base and the environment. Based on a participatory interview process this article identifies the barriers encountered by a group of Danish biodynamic farmers striving for self-sufficient farm systems with no or very little dependency on imported materials by developing biologically, economically and socially diverse farms. Through an iterative interview process the study found that barriers outside farm management are hindering the transition toward diverse farming and that a further exploration of the need for and implications of food sovereignty in the Global North might generate the discussions needed to support implementation of more agroecological farming system practises.

摘要

通过农业生态学原理进行的多样化可以在日益不可预测的气候（包括市场价格波动）中维持和稳定单产，并保护和增强受威胁的自然资源基础和环境。本文基于参与式采访过程，确定了一群丹麦生物动力农民通过发展生物，经济和社会多元化的农场而努力实现自给自足的农场系统而几乎不依赖进口材料的障碍。