Department of Urban and Rural Development
Division of Rural Development
2011-03-03
List of publications
Rebecka Milestad
Dep t of Urban an d Rural Develo pment, Box 701 2, S- 75 0 0 7
U p p sala, Sweden rebecka.milestad @ slu.se
Dissertation
Milestad, R. 2003. Building Farm Resilience. Prospects and Challenges for Organic
Farming.
Dissertation. Agraria 375. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Uppsala.
Peer reviewed articles in international journals
Kummer, S., R. Milestad, F. Leitgeb & C.R. Vogl. 2012. Building resilience through
farmers’ experiments in organic agriculture: examples from Austria. Sustainable
Agriculture Research 1 (2): 308-321.
Marquardt, K., R. Milestad & L. Salomonsson. Improved fallows: A case study of an
adaptive response in Amazonian swidden farming systems. Agriculture and Human
Values, Accepted for publication 13th September 2012.
Marquardt, K., R. Milestad & R. Porro. Farmers' Perspectives on Vital Soil-related
Ecosystem Services in Intensive Swidden Farming Systems in the Peruvian Amazon.
Human Ecology, Accepted for publication 24th August 2012.
Milestad, R. and I. Darnhofer. 2003. Building farm resilience: The prospects and
challenges of organic farming. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 22 (3): 81-97.
Milestad, R. and Hadatsch, S. 2003 . Growing out of the niche – can organic
agriculture keep its promises? A study of two Austrian cases. American Journal
of Alternative Agriculture 18 (3):
155-163
Milestad, R. and Hadatsch, S. 2003 . Organic farming and social-ecological
resilience: the alpine valleys of Sölktäler, Austria. Conservation Ecology 8(1)
3. [online] URL: http//www. consecol.org/vol8/iss1/art3
Sundkvist, Å., Milestad, R. and Jansson, AM. 2005. On the Importance of Tightening
Feedback
Loops for Sustainable Development of Food Systems. Food Policy 30: 224-239.
Milestad, R., Wivstad, M., Lund, V and Geber, U. 2008. Goals and standards in
Swedish organic farming: trading off between desirables. International Journal
of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 7 (1/2): 23-39.
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B. Dedieu, I. Darnhofer, S. Bellon , K. de Greef, F. Casabianca, L. Madureira, R.
Milestad, M. Paine, P. Steyaert, D.J. Stobbelaar and S. Zasser-Bedoya. 2009.
Introduction. Special issue: Innovations in farming systems approaches . Outlook
on Agriculture 38(2): 108–110.
Björklund, J., Westberg, L., Geber, U., Milestad, R. & Ahnström, J. 2009. Local
selling as a driving force for increased on-farm biodiversity. Journal of
Sustainable Agriculture 33(8): 885902.
Milestad, R., Bartel-Kratochvil, R ., Leitner, H. & Axmann, P. 2010. Being close: the
quality of social relationships in a local organic cereal and bread network in Lower
Austria. Journal of Rural Studies, 26 (3): 228-240.
Darnhofer, I., Bellon, S. , Dedieu, B. & Milestad, R. 2010. Adaptiveness to enhance the
sustainability of farming systems. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development
30: 545-555.
Milestad, R., Westberg, L., Geber, U. & Björklund, J. 2010. Enhancing adaptive
capacity in food systems: learning at farmers’ markets. Ecology and Society 15:3
29 . [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art29/
Milestad, R., Ahnström, J. & Björklund, J. 2011. Essential multiple functions of
farms in rural communities and landscapes. Renewable Agriculture and Food
Systems.
doi:10 .1017/S1742170510000529
Conference proceedings, reports,
book chapters
Milestad, R., B. Dedieu, I. Darnhofer & S. Bellon. 2012. Farms and farmers facing
change: the adaptive approach. Pp. 365 -386 in Darnhofer, I, D. Gibbon & B.
Dedieu (Eds.). Farming Systems Research into the 21th Century: the New
Dynamic. Springer: Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York. DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-4503-2
Milestad, R. & S. Kummer. 2012. Does growth hurt? Resilience of farms in
growing local organic food networks. Paper presented at the 10th European
IFSA Symposium, Aarhus, Denmark. Available at:
http://ifsa2012.dk/?page_id=774 s
Kummer, S. & R. Milestad. 2012. How are farms influenced by the way they
market their products? Analysing the resilience of farms participating in local
organic food networks. Paper presented at XIII World Congress of Rural
Sociology, 29 July- 4 August 2012, Lisbon, Portugal.
S. Kummer, L. Aigelsperger, R. Milestad, A. Chowdhury, C.R. Vogl. Knowledge
systems, innovations and social learning in organic farming - An overview. pp. 664669 in Proceedings of the 9th European IFSA Symposium, 4-7 July 2010 in Vienna,
Austria. [presentation]
R. Milestad, S. Kummer and C.R. Vogl. Building farm resilience through farmers´
experimentation. pp. 770-778 in Proceedings of the 9th European IFSA Symposium,
4-7 July 2010 in Vienna, Austria. [presentation]
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Milestad, R., Björklund, J., Westberg, l., Geber, U. & Ahnström, J. 2008. Exploring
close consumer producer links to maintain and enhance on farm biodiversity. In:
Cultivating the future based on science. Proceedings of the Second Scientific Conference
of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR), held at the 16th
IFOAM Organic World Congress - in Cooperation with the Interational Federation of
Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and the Consorzio ModenaBio 2008. 18-20
June 2008 in Modena, Italy. Volume 2. Livestock, socio- economy and cross
disciplinary research in organic agriculture. Eds: D. Neuhoff, N. Halberg, T. Alföldi, W
. Lockeretz, A. Thommen, I. A. Rasmussen, J. Hermansen, M. Vaarst, L. Lueck, F.
Caporali, H. Hogh Jensen, P. Migliorini and H. Willer.
Milestad, R. & Björklund, J. 2008. Strengthening the adaptive capacity of rural
communities: multifunctional farms and village action groups. Proceedings of the 8th
European IFSA Symposium: Empowerment of the rural actors, a renewal of farming
systems perspectives. 6-10
July 2008, Clermont-Ferrand, France. [presentation]
Darnhofer, I., Bellon, S. , Dedieu, B. & Milestad, R. 2008. Adaptive farming systems – a
position paper. Proceedings of the 8th European IFSA Symposium: Empowerment of
the rural actors, a renewal of farming systems perspectives. 6-10 July 2008, ClermontFerrand, France. [presentation]
Björklund, J. & Milestad, R. 2006. Multifunctional farms and rural development: A study
of four Swedish rural areas. Pp 212-216 in Langeveld, H & Röling, N (Eds.) Changing
European farming systems for a better future. New visions for rural areas. Wageningen
Academic Publishers: Wageningen, NL. [presentation]
Westberg, L. Björklund, J., Geber, M. & Milestad, R. 2006. The Learning potential of
Farmers´ Market. Pp 84-88 in Langevald, H. & Röling, N. (Eds). Changing European
farming for a better future. New visions for rural areas.
Albert, R., P.H. Brunner, E. Fromm, J. Gassner, A. Grabher, R. Kratochvil, C.
Krotscheck, T .
Lindenthal, R. Milestad, A. Moser, M. Narodoslawsky, M. Pollak, L. Rehse, H.
Steinmüller, H.P. Wallner, R. Wimmer and H. Wohlmeyer. 2001. Umsetzung
nachhaltiger Entwicklung in Österreich. 2 SUS TAIN Bericht. Berichte aus Energieund Umweltforschung 38/2001. Graz
Hadatsch, S. and R. Milestad. 2002. Survival strategy or market niche – can organic
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farming keep its promises? A study of two Austrian cases. Proceedings of the 14
IFOAM Organic World Congress. Victoria, Canada, August 21-24, 2002.
[presentation]
Milestad, R. 2004. Farm resilience and the case of Sölk valleys, Austria. Pp. 457-470 in
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Koutsouris, A. and Zorini, L. O. (Eds.). 4 EUROPEAN FSR/E Symposium
(Volos, Greece, 2000), European Farming and Rural Systems Research and Extension
into the next Millennium:
Environmental, Agricultural and Socio-economic Issues. [presentation]
Milestad, R., I. Darnhofer and S. Hadatsch (in press). Can farm resilience be built
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through organic farming?. Paper for the 5 International Farming Systems
Association European Symposium
“ Farming and Rural Systems Research and Extension: Local Idenities and
Globalisation”, Workshop No 2: Resilience and continuity of small scale
farming within sustainable rural livelihood systems. Florence, Italy , April 8-11,
2002. [presentation]
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Freyer, B., T . Lindenthal, S. Hadatsch, W. Schneeberger, M. Eder, I. Darnhofer, M.
Penker, A.
Muhar, A. Bartel, D. Zollner, I. Mohl, H. Payer, H. Rützler, A. Walzer, A. Velimirov
& R. Milestad. 2001. Biologischer Landbau: Von der Marktnische zur regionalen
Entwicklungschance. Poster. Internationaler Kongress: Leben und Überleben Konzepte für die Zukunft, 18-21
November 2001, Wien .
Reports in Swedish
Milestad, R. 2001. Strategier för det framtida jordbruket - agroekosystemens resiliens och
ekologisk lantbruk. pp 118-122 i Ekologisk jordbruks- & trädgårdsproduktion .
Redovisning av SJFR:s forskningsprogram 1997-1999. Ekologiskt Lantbruk nr 30.
Centrum för Uthålligt Lantbruk, SLU Uppsala.
Wivstad, M., Milestad, R & Lund, V. 2004. Regelverk – möjligheter och hinder att
uppnå målen för ekologiskt lantbruk. Centrum för Uthålligt Lantbruk, Uppsala.
Popular science reports and articles
Milestad, R. 2001. “Ist das Forschung? Erfarenheter från ett tvärvetenskapligt
forskningsprojekt i
Österrike” Forskningsnytt om ekologiskt lantbruk i Norden, nr 7-8 december 2001: 6-8
Milestad, R. 2002. ”Hur uthålligt är ekologiskt lanbruk? – ett österrikiskt
exempel.” FAKTA Jordbruk, Nr 20, 2002. SLU.
Björklund, J & Milestad, R. 2006 . Lantbruket som nav i bygdeutveckling – det svenska
lantbrukets mångfunktionalitet. Sammanfattande seminarierapport. Centrum för
uthålligt lantbruk (CUL). Uppsala. http://www.cul.slu.se/forskning/mangfunktionella
Björklund, J. & Milestad, R. 2008. Jordbruk med många funktioner får hela Sverige att leva.
Pp .
287-298 i Johansson (redaktör). Ska hela Sverige leva. Formas fokuserar, forskningsrådet
Formas, Stockholm
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