AE4EU - Survey for researchers involved in agroecology

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Thank you for participating in our survey. This survey is intended for researchers from academic or other private and public research institutions in Europe involved in agroecology. The goal of the survey is to collect information from respondents on their experiences in agroecological research funding and research conducting. This survey is part of AE4EU, a European CSA (Coordination and Support Action) project which aims to build a European network on agroecology to accelerate the transition towards sustainable agriculture and food systems.
The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete.

It is articulated in three sets of questions related to:
1) experiences on research funding;
2) experiences on research conducting;
3) conclusions and background Information.

Your name or any details that might identify you will not be published. All personal information you provide will be kept confidential and treated according to the EU regulations on personal data ownership.

Should you have any questions about the survey or its use, please contact:
Ileana Iocola – ileana.iocola@crea.gov.it
Stefano Canali – stefano.canali@crea.gov.it

Before answering the research questions, we invite you to read the participant information sheet on privacy issues (see next section).

Participant Information Sheet

1. Introduction Agroecology for Europe
This survey is part of the Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action project ‘Agroecology for Europe (AE4EU)’ funded by the European Commission. We invite you to read this consent form. You may talk about this project to anybody you feel comfortable with, and please take some time to reflect on whether you would like to participate or not. If there’s anything you don’t understand in this information sheet, feel free to ask any questions at any time.

2. Research aims
AE4EU aims to collect data about public funding currently available for agroecology in Europe.

3. Type of research
The research will involve an online survey.

4. Participant selection
You are invited to this research due to your involvement in agroecological research activities.

5. Voluntary participation
Your participation is entirely voluntary. You can choose to participate or not.
6. Procedures
If you agree to participate to the survey, the information will be confidential, and no one else outside the project will have access to it. The collected data will be kept safe on a secure server and they will remain available for future possible scientific utilization.

7. Risks
Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully. Personal data shall be obtained only for legitimate interest and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes. You may refuse to participate at any time and do not need to give a reason.

8. Benefits and reimbursement
You will benefit indirectly from the results: the project outcomes will build a European network on agroecology aimed to accelerate the transition towards sustainable agriculture and food systems in Europe. Data obtained from your participation will hopefully lead to increased recognition for agroecology. There will be no reimbursement for your contribution.

9. Confidentiality and legal duty of disclosure
All data collected through the interviews will remain confidential. You will be assigned a random number and the data provided by you will be stored only with reference to this number to guarantee your anonymity. Nobody will be named at the analysis of data, although direct quotes from the interviews are likely to be used in academic and policy articles.

10. Data storage
Data will be kept on the server of the CREA-AA (Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics- Agriculture and Environment; Rome - IT) and a safe storage on the Nextcloud ISARA, France, repository (run by the coordinator of the project). This is a safe, protected, online accessible platform used by the AE4EU research consortium and hosted at ISARA. Data will also be made available in accordance with the H2020 Open Access to Research Data Open Research Data Pilot.

11. Sharing the results
The research is expected to be published in both academic journals and other public fora. The data for example will be used in policy notes, academic conferences and workshops and communication material.

12. Who to contact
If you have any questions about the survey, feel free to contact us at:
Ileana Iocola – ileana.iocola@crea.gov.it
Stefano Canali – stefano.canali@crea.gov.it

If you have any questions about the project, please contact the AE4EU Project Lead:
Dr. Alexander Wezel - ae4eu@isara.fr
ISARA Engineering School for Agriculture, Environment and Food, Agrapole, 23 rue Jean Baldassini, 69367 LYON CEDEX 07, France

Giving consent to the questionnaire, please tick the following mandatory boxes to proceed with the survey. *

I confirm that I have read and understood the participant information sheet for the above study and have had the opportunity to ask questions (mandatory)

I understand that my participation is voluntary and that I am free to withdraw at any time without giving a reason (mandatory)

I understand that all the information I provide will be treated in confidence (mandatory)

I agree for anonymised quotes to be used as part of the research project (mandatory)

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