TY - JOUR AU - Kaffka, Stephen R. TI - Farming in transition: Analysis – Scientists and farmers try new approach to research JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1994/09/01 VL - 48 IS - 5 SP - 11 EP - 13 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3733/ca.v048n05p11 L3 - 10.3733/ca.v048n05p11 AB - The Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project is one of several newer, large-scale experiments that have contrasted idealized cropping practices with existing ones. The common objective of these experiments has been to develop and compare cropping systems substantially different from current practice, with each system following separate rules of management. Difficult conceptual and methodological issues arise when both development and research are objectives in a project, and when many factors change simultaneously.