LEISA Magazine | Volume 24 No.2 | March 2008
This issue looks at how sustainable agriculture practices have developed and spread over time. We show initiatives that have been taken to scale up successful methods and approaches. Equally, the articles in this issue look at the factors that have hindered the spreading of sustainable agricultural practices.
And they present lessons on what it is that has helped some sustainable practices to continue while others have not. We are paying attention to the different dimensions of upscaling. What characteristics does a good practice need for it to be disseminated and picked up by others? What institutional arrangements are important? And what are the policies that encourage or inhibit scaling up processes? How do they come about? How does relevant information reach those in charge of drafting them? Have successful advocacy campaigns influenced local policies?