Knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in Thailand and Mexico

Experts, government officials, and industry leaders concerned about the sustainability of shrimp aquaculture believe they know what farmers need to know and should be doing. They have framed sustainability as a technical problem that, at the farm level, is to be solved by better shrimp and managemen...

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Main Authors: Louis Lebel, Po Garden, Amy Luers, David Manuel-Navarrete, Dao Huy Giap
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-563632018-09-05T03:15:29Z Knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in Thailand and Mexico Louis Lebel Po Garden Amy Luers David Manuel-Navarrete Dao Huy Giap Multidisciplinary Experts, government officials, and industry leaders concerned about the sustainability of shrimp aquaculture believe they know what farmers need to know and should be doing. They have framed sustainability as a technical problem that, at the farm level, is to be solved by better shrimp and management of ponds and businesses. Codes of conduct, standards, and regulations are expected to bring deviant practices into line. Shrimp farmers are often cornered in a challenging game of knowledge in which their livelihoods are at stake. In the commodity chain there are multiple relations with both suppliers and buyers, not all of which are trustworthy. The social networks shrimp farmers belong to are crucial for sifting out misinformation and multiplying insights from personal experience in learning by doing. Successful farmers become part of a learning culture through seminars, workshops, and clubs in which knowledge and practices are continually re-evaluated. The combination of vertical and horizontal relationships creates a set of alternative arenas that together are critical to bridging knowledge and action gaps for shrimp farmers. Government and industry initiatives for improving links between knowledge and practice for sustainability have largely succeeded when incentives are aligned: shrimp grow better in healthy environments, and using fewer resources means higher profits. 2018-09-05T03:15:29Z 2018-09-05T03:15:29Z 2016-04-26 Journal 10916490 00278424 2-s2.0-84964746103 10.1073/pnas.0900555106 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84964746103&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/56363
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
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topic Multidisciplinary
spellingShingle Multidisciplinary
Louis Lebel
Po Garden
Amy Luers
David Manuel-Navarrete
Dao Huy Giap
Knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in Thailand and Mexico
description Experts, government officials, and industry leaders concerned about the sustainability of shrimp aquaculture believe they know what farmers need to know and should be doing. They have framed sustainability as a technical problem that, at the farm level, is to be solved by better shrimp and management of ponds and businesses. Codes of conduct, standards, and regulations are expected to bring deviant practices into line. Shrimp farmers are often cornered in a challenging game of knowledge in which their livelihoods are at stake. In the commodity chain there are multiple relations with both suppliers and buyers, not all of which are trustworthy. The social networks shrimp farmers belong to are crucial for sifting out misinformation and multiplying insights from personal experience in learning by doing. Successful farmers become part of a learning culture through seminars, workshops, and clubs in which knowledge and practices are continually re-evaluated. The combination of vertical and horizontal relationships creates a set of alternative arenas that together are critical to bridging knowledge and action gaps for shrimp farmers. Government and industry initiatives for improving links between knowledge and practice for sustainability have largely succeeded when incentives are aligned: shrimp grow better in healthy environments, and using fewer resources means higher profits.
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author Louis Lebel
Po Garden
Amy Luers
David Manuel-Navarrete
Dao Huy Giap
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Po Garden
Amy Luers
David Manuel-Navarrete
Dao Huy Giap
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title Knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in Thailand and Mexico
title_short Knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in Thailand and Mexico
title_full Knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in Thailand and Mexico
title_fullStr Knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in Thailand and Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in Thailand and Mexico
title_sort knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in thailand and mexico
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