The aim of this doctoral thesis is to find out how Finnish pioneer farmers are making the transition towards regenerative agriculture and how they use adaptive management in their decision-making, especially how they use tacit knowledge and intuition. An understanding of farmers’ intuition as a part of the decision-making process is needed, because farmers use intuition in their decision-making. This study gives socially significant information of farmers decision-making and thus enables supporting farmers in their transition towards regenerative agriculture in an individual and collective levels. By that, it is possible to strengthen farmers, societies and socio-ecological resilience in a holistic way, which is needed in sustainability transformation to protect natural systems.
