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The question of “evidence” in the emergence of evidence-based or evidence-aware policies in agriculture
Evidence-based or evidence-aware policy approaches are used in many different sectors (health, education, etc.). These approaches are less common in agriculture but are gradually emerging. Analysis of debates surrounding this trend sheds light on the particular nature of the difficulties faced by public decision-makers who are willing to use available scientific knowledge. After examining certain misunderstandings which arise in the international debate over evidence-based policy approaches, this paper addresses two specific issues: (i) the problems of competing evidence for using knowledge in the design of public policies and (ii) the potential role of rationalization tools in a possible "depoliticisation" of public decision-making.knowledge, agriculture, policy, evidence, Agricultural and Food Policy, B29, D8, Q01, O3,
KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION, MULTIFUNCTIONALITY OF AGRICULTURE AND PUBLIC DECISIONS: CRITICAL ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES
Various theoretical models of public policy analysis are used to treat situations of decision-making in which public deciders have to take into account the multifunctionality of agriculture. For some, science-society relations are not really problematical. Others acknowledge the current attempts of these policy-makers to find adequate scientific knowledge, and the difficulties they encounter. These difficulties stem partly from the very content of knowledge produced by research. Could other modes of production be more efficient? The status of the knowledge produced by these approaches is a subject of debate. Bridging the divide between science and policy more effectively is not only a question of knowledge brokerage. Accessibility and reliability of the existing evidences are also problems to be addressed. The debates around evidence-based practices may provide some landmarks in this new situation although they also emphasize the limits of the tools that can be built for this purpose.Multifunctionality, Agriculture, Knowledge, Policy, Agribusiness, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Labor and Human Capital,
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The question of “evidence” in the emergence of evidence-based or evidence-aware policies in agriculture
Evidence-based or evidence-aware policy approaches are used in many different sectors
(health, education, etc.). These approaches are less common in agriculture but are gradually
emerging. Analysis of debates surrounding this trend sheds light on the particular nature of the
difficulties faced by public decision-makers who are willing to use available scientific
knowledge. After examining certain misunderstandings which arise in the international debate
over evidence-based policy approaches, this paper addresses two specific issues: (i) the
problems of competing evidence for using knowledge in the design of public policies and (ii) the
potential role of rationalization tools in a possible "depoliticisation" of public decision-making
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