Papers by Gordana Manevska-Tasevska
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
The study deals with an analysis of the competitiveness characteristics of the Macedonian grape a... more The study deals with an analysis of the competitiveness characteristics of the Macedonian grape and wine sectors during the period 1995 to 2004. The study is based on theoretical tool, the Diamond model (Porter, 1998, 127) on which qualitative and quantitative competitiveness parameters are incorporated. In addition the SWOT analysis has been used as a diagnostic tool for identifying the strengths, (sectors' areas that need further development, and area that could seriously impact the ability to stay competitive), and the problematic areas, which need additional adjustment to the market conditions. The research showed that the basic strengths of both sectors are due the existence of favorable factor conditions, and that the roots of the sectors weaknesses come from the lack of infrastructural investments (lack of capital) and application of inappropriate management strategies. Significant sectors benefit is the possibility given by the European Union, by which the wine production is classified as highly sensitive product. The specifically applied measures minimise disruption to existing wine markets and protect the Macedonian wine sector during a prolonged transition period to 2011, when the beneficial treatment will be terminated.
Ecological approaches to farming practices are gaining interest across Europe. As this interest g... more Ecological approaches to farming practices are gaining interest across Europe. As this interest grows there is a pressing need to assess the potential contributions these practices may make, the contexts in which they function and their attractiveness to farmers as potential adopters. In particular, ecological agriculture must be assessed against the aim of promoting the improved performance and sustainability of farms, rural environment, rural societies and economies, together. L I F T-H 2 2 P a g e 50| 52 Baumgart-Getz et al. 2012 Capacity Capital Farm structural factors Business Baumgart-Getz et al. 2012 Capacity Education level Farmer socio-demographic factors Education Baumgart-Getz et al. 2012 Capacity Farming experience Farmer socio-demographic factors Experience Baumgart-Getz et al. 2012 Capacity Income Farm structural factors Business Baumgart-Getz et al. 2012 Capacity
This Project has received funds from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation pr... more This Project has received funds from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 727520 D2.2 Narrative Report by those who farmed because it was their vocation, to those who perceived themselves first and foremost as business operators. To an extent, these identities reflected the degree of attachment to land, with the more vocational farmers having a strong attachment to their farmed land (particularly in the Flemish case) and the more business-minded (particularly in Northeast Bulgaria and the East of England) having less attachment. The long-term nature of the hazelnut crop in Central Italy meant that attachment to the land was strong, regardless of farmer identity. Family support, whether perceived as positive or negative by the narrator, was found to influence decision-making, and changing work/life balance expectations, particularly amongst early-career farmers with young families, was also influential. The narratives revealed different approaches to risk alleviation, both within and across case studies. In instances where land availability was not restricted (for example, Northeast Bulgaria, and to some extent, East Anglia), scale enlargement was predominant, but where land was restricted, diversification was the predominant response (for example, in the Flemish narratives). There were strong similarities and distinctive differences across the narrative contexts. Similarities included the dominance of internal drivers, intergenerational change as a major critical decision point, the perception of many external drivers as noise, and more frustration with policy drivers compared with weather events. There were few mentions of insurance by the narrators. The findings indicate that robustness is demonstrated in response to many drivers classified as cycles and shocks, whilst prolonged trends result primarily in adaptation. Transformations were relatively infrequent in the narratives and those identified were not radical in nature. The main policy related conclusions from the study suggest that farming systems are ill-equipped for a rapid move from direct payments to income insurance. They also appear to be unprepared for climate change. Long-term, coherent strategies required for dealing with intergenerational change were not apparent, confirming parallel literature that suggests that legal, social welfare and policy obstacles to farm succession need to be addressed.
Impacts of future scenarios on the resilience of farming systems across the EU assessed with quan... more Impacts of future scenarios on the resilience of farming systems across the EU assessed with quantitative and qualitative methods. Sustainable and resilient EU farming systems (SURE-Farm) project report. D5.5 Impacts of future scenarios on the resilience of farming systems across the EU assessed with quantitative and qualitative methods
Resurser att utnyttja-hur effektivt är det svenska jordbruket? Jordbruket och landsbygdens utveck... more Resurser att utnyttja-hur effektivt är det svenska jordbruket? Jordbruket och landsbygdens utveckling
Social Science Research Network, 2022
EuroChoices
SummaryDelivering an agricultural policy which meets ecosystem and climatic pressures and address... more SummaryDelivering an agricultural policy which meets ecosystem and climatic pressures and addresses weaknesses in our current food system presents complex challenges for food producers. Adoption of ecological practices will reduce the dependence on imports into the farm and is one way to meet some of these policy ambitions. Understanding why farmers do or don’t adopt these practices is key to enabling this transition. This study outlines a series of investigations into the key barriers, values and perceptions towards ecological practice adoption across European farming.We find that personal, technical and institutional forces influence the adoption of more sustainable practices but these forces have varying levels of influence. The tensions between environmental, compared to purely production orientated motivations, may be a key barrier to ecological practice adoption. We also find a strong influence of commodity supply chains which may either encourage or limit adoption of these ap...
Frontiers in Environmental Science
Greater resilience is needed for farms to deal with shocks and disturbances originating from econ... more Greater resilience is needed for farms to deal with shocks and disturbances originating from economic, environmental, social and institutional challenges, with resilience achieved by adequate adaptive governance. This study focuses on the resilience capacity of farms in the context of multi-level adaptive governance. We define adaptive governance as adjustments in decision-making processes at farm level and policy level, through changes in management practices and policies in response to identified challenges and the delivery of desired functions (e.g. private and public goods) to be attained. The aim of the study is twofold. First, we investigate how adaptive governance processes at farm level and policy level influence the resilience capacity of farms in terms of robustness, adaptability and transformability. Second, we investigate the “fit” between the adaptive governance processes at farm level and policy level to enable resilience. We study primary egg and broiler production in...
Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe
f r a n c e s c o a c c a t i n o , w i m p a a s , h u g o h e r r e r a , c o r e n t i n p i n... more f r a n c e s c o a c c a t i n o , w i m p a a s , h u g o h e r r e r a , c o r e n t i n p i n s a r d , s i m o n e s e v e r i n i , f r a n z i s k a a p p e l , b i r g i t k o p a i n s k y , k a t a r z y n a b a ń kowska, jo bijttebier, camelia gavrilescu, amr khafagy, vitaliy krupin, gordana manevskatasevska, franziska ollendorf, mariya peneva, carolina san martí n, cinzia zinnanti and pytrik reidsma
Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe
This Project has received funds from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation pr... more This Project has received funds from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. settings. They are powerful tools for diagnosing problems and identifying high-leverage interventions that will create fundamental change". They are usually depicted as causal loop diagrammes. For instance, Brzezina et al. (2017) have used systems archetypes to analyse the development of organic farming in Europe. Oberlack et al. (2019) carried out a systematic review of archetype analysis in sustainability research, including the main motivations for and limitations to carrying out this type of analysis. Refer to Kim (2000) for an overview of systems archetypes used in this analysis. Step 5: Cross-case analysis Cross-case analysis was carried out using all 11 cases to investigate whether the same systems archetypes were found, but also to match archetypes to the type of challenge. This allowed us to identify leverage points or principles for the enabling environment to change from hindering to fostering farming system resilience, for each archetypical problem has a set of archetypical solutions. These principles were illustrated by examples of a fostering enabling environment identified in the various case studies. The results of the first four steps can be found in annex for each case study. In what follows, only results of the fifth step are discussed, but examples of all case studies are used to illustrate the archetypes identified.
For improving the sustainability and resilience of EU farming systems, it is important to assess ... more For improving the sustainability and resilience of EU farming systems, it is important to assess their likely responses to future challenges under future scenarios. We evaluated future resilience in 11 case studies across the EU, using a soft coupling of different qualitative and quantitative approaches. The qualitative approach was FoPIA-SUREFarm 2, a participatory approach in which stakeholders identified critical thresholds for current systems, evaluated expected system performance when these thresholds would be exceeded, envisaged alternative future states of the systems (and their impact on indicators and resilience attributes), as well as strategies to get there. Quantitative approaches included models simulating the behavior of the systems under some specific challenges and scenarios. The models differed in assumptions and aspects of the farming systems described: Ecosystem Service modelling focused on the biophysical level (considering land cover and nitrogen fluxes), AgriPo...
This report presents the results of a participatory sustainability and resilience assessment of 1... more This report presents the results of a participatory sustainability and resilience assessment of 11 farming systems in the egg and broiler system in Sweden. The assessments focused on 1) ranking the importance of functions and selecting representative indicators for these functions, 2) scoring the current performance of the representative indicators, 3) sketching dynamics of main representative indicators of functions, 4) linking these dynamics to challenges and resilience enhancing strategies, 5) assessing level of implementation of identified strategies and their potential contribution to the robustness, adaptability and transformability of the farming system, and 6) assessing level of presence of resilience enhancing system characteristics (resilience attributes) and their potential contribution to the robustness, adaptability and transformability of the farming system.
Farm demographic change at the farming system level is the result of individual farm demographic ... more Farm demographic change at the farming system level is the result of individual farm demographic change processes made by individual farmers. This work invests intergenerational renewal in individual farms through focusing on unravelling complex relations between human behaviour/decisionmaking and observed trends. Indepth interviews performed in all 11 case-studies entailed the identification of drivers that affect the main farm-demographic change processes such as exit, entry, non-exit and non-entry. Then, a cross-case comparison was made to identify common themes affecting or related to farm demographic change.
This report presents the results of a participatory sustainability and resilience assessment of 1... more This report presents the results of a participatory sustainability and resilience assessment of 11 farming systems in the European Union (EU). The assessments focused on 1) ranking the importance of functions and selecting representative indicators for these functions, 2) scoring the current performance of the representative indicators, 3) sketching dynamics of main representative indicators of functions, 4) linking these dynamics to challenges and resilience enhancing strategies, 5) assessing level of implementation of identified strategies and their potential contribution to the robustness, adaptability and transformability of the farming system, and 6) assessing level of presence of resilience enhancing system characteristics (resilience attributes) and their potential contribution to the robustness, adaptability and transformability of the farming system.
Farming systems in Europe face a vast range of environmental, economic, social and institutional ... more Farming systems in Europe face a vast range of environmental, economic, social and institutional challenges. Examples include more volatile producer and input prices, higher probability of extreme weather events, increasing dependence on land owners and financial institutions, organizational change within value chains, competing policy objectives and increasing administrative demands, and new societal concerns and changing consumer preferences. In this paper we define resilience as maintaining the essential functions of EU farming systems in the face of increasingly complex and volatile economic, social, environmental and institutional challenges. A farming system is a system hierarchy level above the farm at which properties emerge as a result of the formal and informal interactions and interrelations among farms, available technologies, stakeholders along the value chain, citizens in rural and urban areas, consumers, policy makers, and the environment. Existing resilience framewor...
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union is essential to enhance the resilience... more The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union is essential to enhance the resilience of Europe's farming systems along three capacities: robustness, adaptability and transformability. The SURE-Farm project conducted the first systematic assessment how the CAP performs in this regard. The findings show that hitherto the CAP has been overly focused on supporting the robustness of an increasingly fragile status quo, with uneven effects, while neglecting adaptability and even constraining transformability. The future CAP needs to allow for a better balance with policy mixes that are tailored to regional needs, based on a shared long-term vision. This implies replacing direct payments with measures that specifically address resilience needs, e.g. points-based eco-schemes, agro-environmental programs, coordinated adaptation to shifting markets, ample support for cross-sectoral cooperation, innovation and advice to integrate production and provision of public goods, and pa...
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