Waste of knowledge and human resources
Résumé
This chapter and the section that it introduces address a little tackled and yet very important subject: the waste of knowledge and human resources. It provides an overview of the establishment and evolution of agricultural knowledge in its various forms (technical knowledge, knowhow and associated lifestyles). It highlights both the factors that threaten knowledge and their rediscovery under the form of new systems of knowledge and innovation. The chapter concludes by providing a number of recommendations for inclusive policies aimed at the protection and the remobilisation of this knowledge.