This book focuses on understanding farming transition pathways towards sustainability, using case studies from Europe. It assesses the utility of the multi-level perspective in transition theory for addressing contemporary issues and identifies future research needs, making it an essential read for researchers of rural or agricultural change.

Farming Systems Research has three core characteristics: it builds on systems thinking, it depends on the close collaboration between social and biophysical sciences, and it relies on participation to build co-learning processes. Farming Systems Research posits that to contribute towards sustainable rural development, both interdisciplinary collaborations and local actor engagement are needed. Together, they allow for changes in understanding and changes in practices. This book gives an overview of the insights generated in 20 years of Farming Systems Research. It retraces the emergence and development of Farming Systems Research in Europe, summarises the state-of-the-art for key areas, and provides an outlook on new explorations, especially those tackling the dynamic nature of farming systems and their interaction with the natural environment and the context of action.

Farming Systems Research has three core characteristics: it builds on systems thinking, it depends on the close collaboration between social and biophysical sciences, and it relies on participation to build co-learning processes. Farming Systems Research posits that to contribute towards sustainable rural development, both interdisciplinary collaborations and local actor engagement are needed. Together, they allow for changes in understanding and changes in practices. This book gives an overview of the insights generated in 20 years of Farming Systems Research. It retraces the emergence and development of Farming Systems Research in Europe, summarises the state-of-the-art for key areas, and provides an outlook on new explorations, especially those tackling the dynamic nature of farming systems and their interaction with the natural environment and the context of action.

This book focuses on understanding farming transition pathways towards sustainability, using case studies from Europe. It assesses the utility of the multi-level perspective in transition theory for addressing contemporary issues and identifies future research needs, making it an essential read for researchers of rural or agricultural change.

This study presents the first-of-its-kind in the area of mango supply chain and exporting in Myanmar. It mainly focuses on hindrances and opportunities of mango exporting faced by growers, marketers and exporters from two different study areas. An exploratory research approach was applied to investigate hindrances and opportunities in mango supply chain. The results showed that most growers have the strong intention for export and could not produce quality fruits due to the lack of post-harvest facilities and the absence of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) standards. The marketers said that higher quality produce could not always get higher price due to oversupply conditions. Exporters want the improvement of current transportation facilities. Information flow and collaboration between the stakeholders is very important from the expert's point of view. Myanmar mango exporting can be improved by changing trade policies, plant quarantine policies and inviting foreign direct investment. Inclusion of consumers in the future studies is highly recommended in order to span boundaries of knowledge provided by this study which includes growers, marketers, and exporters.