Moving Towards Sustainable Agriculture Through Higher Education
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Table 1 List of interviewed
farmers
Interview
Date
Location
Interview length
Farmer 1
28-01-2019 M˙ garr
18 min 22 s
Farmer 2
05-02-2019 Rabat
56 min 44 s
Farmer 3
19-02-2019 M˙ garr
1 h 21 min 25 s
Farmer 4
22-02-2019 ˙
Zebbiegè
1 h 40 min 29 s
Farmer 5
01-03-2019 Rabat
50 min 08 s
Farmer 6
08-03-2019 M˙ garr
43 min 54 s
Farmer 7
10-03-2019 Organic
13 min 29 s
Farmer 8
15-03-2019 Organic
28 min 56 s
Farmer 9
30-03-2019 Ker˙ cem, Gozo 30 min 46 s
Farmer 10 30-03-2019 Ker˙ cem, Gozo 38 min 51 s
Farmer 11 31-03-2019 Nadur, Gozo
47 min 31 s
Farmer 12 06-04-2019 Hydroponics
16 min
number of organic farmers locally, the location of the organic farms is not being
disclosed to safeguard the identity of the farmers (Table 1).
4 Results
Thematic analysis was used to encode all the qualitative data available through all of
the twelve interviews (Boyatzis 1998). The twelve farmers interviewed came from
different districts from across Malta and Gozo; Six from the Northern Region, two
from the Western Region, one from the South-Eastern Region and three from Gozo
(Fig. 1).
Through the use of open coding, a variety of themes began to emerge from the
transcribed data. This was followed by axial coding leading to the identification of
sub-categories, and finally selective coding led to five major themes (Strauss and
Corbin 2008; Neuman 2006). Through these themes the data was organised using
colour coding and highlighting.
The main themes:
• Challenges in farming
• Impacts of farming on the environment
• Indigenous farming knowledge
• A sustainable farming future
• ESD and farming.
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Table 1 List of interviewed
farmers
Interview
Date
Location
Interview length
Farmer 1
28-01-2019 M˙ garr
18 min 22 s
Farmer 2
05-02-2019 Rabat
56 min 44 s
Farmer 3
19-02-2019 M˙ garr
1 h 21 min 25 s
Farmer 4
22-02-2019 ˙
Zebbiegè
1 h 40 min 29 s
Farmer 5
01-03-2019 Rabat
50 min 08 s
Farmer 6
08-03-2019 M˙ garr
43 min 54 s
Farmer 7
10-03-2019 Organic
13 min 29 s
Farmer 8
15-03-2019 Organic
28 min 56 s
Farmer 9
30-03-2019 Ker˙ cem, Gozo 30 min 46 s
Farmer 10 30-03-2019 Ker˙ cem, Gozo 38 min 51 s
Farmer 11 31-03-2019 Nadur, Gozo
47 min 31 s
Farmer 12 06-04-2019 Hydroponics
16 min
number of organic farmers locally, the location of the organic farms is not being
disclosed to safeguard the identity of the farmers (Table 1).
4 Results
Thematic analysis was used to encode all the qualitative data available through all of
the twelve interviews (Boyatzis 1998). The twelve farmers interviewed came from
different districts from across Malta and Gozo; Six from the Northern Region, two
from the Western Region, one from the South-Eastern Region and three from Gozo
(Fig. 1).
Through the use of open coding, a variety of themes began to emerge from the
transcribed data. This was followed by axial coding leading to the identification of
sub-categories, and finally selective coding led to five major themes (Strauss and
Corbin 2008; Neuman 2006). Through these themes the data was organised using
colour coding and highlighting.
The main themes:
• Challenges in farming
• Impacts of farming on the environment
• Indigenous farming knowledge
• A sustainable farming future
• ESD and farming.