Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: Crop rotation is an essential basis of an organic farming system. An activity theoretical \nconcept of object shall be used in examining planning processes of crop rotations. Farmers' \nobject construction means their creating and maintaining the social meaning and purpose of \nthe material farming activity. I shall assume the farmers´ object construction in planning crop \nrotations to reflect their overall object in organic vegetable farming. First, this paper examines \ntheoretically the object in organic vegetable farming by devising a framework of different \ntypes of object constructions. Second, two farms with organic vegetable production will be \ndescribed, and the farmers´ objects will be shown in the light of the histories of the farms. \nThis will show that the different types of objects have not evolved at random. Third, the \ndynamic movement of the object construction in the crop rotation planning processes is \nexplored. The results will show that the farmers´ object, although historically understood, is \nnot fixed. On the contrary, the object is in a constant move and even contradictory. \n
Author: Laura Seppänen
Language: English
Topic: Organic Food and Agriculture
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W73087824