ICROFS’s Knowledge Syntheses ICROFS has immense experience in the process of making Knowledge Syntheses, used by many different stakeholders to gain insight and take informed decisions, inspire research and development: • Synthesise recent research and scientific knowledge about organic food and farming for use by professionals, practitioners and public • Inform decisions and help formulating clear and well-informed questions for future research, • Identify knowledge gaps. • Combine detailed knowledge with wider perspectives to stimulate debate on an informed basis - International report / book with comprehensive in-depth knowledge - Dialogue meetings and workshops with partners and target audience - International conference contributions - Podcasts and other visual media products. The products The processes The partners Together with a guest expert editor, ICROFS facilitates processes to synthesise recent research and bring it on the stage for 1. Identifying focus and core actors 2. Facilitating and bring experts together in interdisciplinary teams 3. Synthesising recent research and bring new perspectives to the field 4. Iterative loops of reviews and synthesising We work with partners: Research institutions, think tanks and organisa- tions within the concrete focus area. We join forces and use our networks
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ICROFS’s Knowledge Syntheses
ICROFS has immense experience in the process of making Knowledge Syntheses, used by many different
stakeholders to gain insight and take informed decisions, inspire research and development:
• Synthesise recent research and scientific knowledge about organic food and farming for use by
professionals, practitioners and public
• Inform decisions and help formulating clear and well-informed questions for future research,
• Identify knowledge gaps.
• Combine detailed knowledge with wider perspectives to stimulate debate on an informed basis
- International report / book with
comprehensive in-depth knowledge
- Dialogue meetings and workshops with
partners and target audience
- International conference contributions
- Podcasts and other visual media
products.
The products
The processes
The partners
Together with a guest expert editor, ICROFS facilitates processes to synthesise recent research and bring it on the stage for 1. Identifying focus and core actors2. Facilitating and bring experts together in interdisciplinary teams 3. Synthesising recent research and bring new perspectives to the field4. Iterative loops of reviews and synthesising
We work with partners:
Research institutions,
think tanks and organisa-
tions within the concrete
focus area. We join
forces and use our
networks
1. The contribution of organic farming to public goods in Denmark. ICROFS. Lizzie Melby Jespersen (ed.), 2015, pp.406.
2. Organic Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods. Earthscan Food & Agriculture, Routledge. Niels Halberg and Adrian Muller (eds.), 2013, pp. 180.
3. Organic research and development 1996-2010 –effects on industry and society. ICROFS. Camilla Mathiesen & Linda S. Sørensen (eds.), 2008, pp.68.
4. Opportunities and barriers for continued development, growth and integrity in the Danish organic sector. ICROFS report no. 1. Hugo Fjeldsted Alrøe & Niels Halberg (eds.), 2008, pp.550.
5. Global development of organic agriculture. Challenges and prospects. ICROFS. CABI Publishing. Niels Halberg, Hugo Fjeldsted Alrøe, Marie Trydemand Knudsen & Erik Steen Kristensen (eds.), 2006, pp.377.
6. Organic fish production: Opportunities for organic fish production in Denmark. DARCOF report no. 21. Alfred Jokumsen (ed.), November 2006, pp.110.
7. Energy in organic agriculture: Reduction of fossil energy use and production of renewable energy in organic agriculture. DARCOF report no. 19. Uffe Jørgensen & Tommy Dalgaard (eds.), May 2004, pp.164.
8. Consequences of genetically modified crops for organic agriculture. DARCOF report no. 16. GöstaKjellsson & Birte Boelt (eds.), May 2002, pp.136.
9. Breeding of grain and pulses and production of seed in organic agriculture. DARCOF report no. 15. Bent J. Nielsen & Lars Kristensen (eds.), December 2001, pp.168.
10. Organic food and human health. DARCOF report no. 14. Arne Astrup & Peter Marckmann (eds.), February 2001, pp.130.
11. Groundwater protection and organic conversion. DARCOF report no. 10. Birgitte Hansen, Vibeke Ernstsen & Hans Jørgen Henriksen, January 2001, pp.56.
12. Nature quality in organic agriculture. DARCOF report no. 9. Knud Tybirk & Hugo Fjeldsted Alrøe (eds.), January 2001, pp.86.
13. Organic pig production: Challenges, opportunities and barriers. DARCOF report no. 8. John E. Hermansen (ed.), December 2000, pp.174.
14. Health and welfare in organic milk production. DARCOF report no. 6. Erik Steen Kristensen & Stig Milan Thamsborg (eds.), March 2000, pp.158.
15. Nitrogen leaching and balances in conventional and organic production systems. DARCOF report no. 2. Erik Steen Kristensen & Jørgen E. Olesen (eds.), October 1998, pp.114.
• Eleven Knowledge Syntheses 1998-2008 were based on Danish research and condition,
involving Danish experts, and written in Denmark, although they in some cases involved
international research results and literature.
• One Synthesis initiated in 2004, focused on global prospects and challenges and resulted in the
book ‘Global Development of Organic Agriculture – Challenges and Prospects’, edited by Niels
Halberg, Hugo F. Alrøe, Marie T. Knudsen and Erik S. Kristensen, CABI, 2006;
(http://orgprints.org/10345/).
• The Synthesis ‘Organic research and development 1996-2010’ analyzed the effects of research
for developing the organic sector, and was published in Danish and English:
