Space for innovations in Agriculture (AgriSPIN)
Date de début de projet
08/01/2015Date de fin du projet
01/01/2018Objectifs
Innovations contribute to the sustainable development of farming households and enterprises, the agricultural sector in which they operate, as well as the rural area where the activities take place.
The origin of good initiatives can vary and innovative farmers, creative advisors, researchers, administrators and civilians can bring the first spark into a process. What really matters is that farmers and relevant stakeholders embrace the idea; the source is less important. Such initiatives are the starting point of innovation processes, to be facilitated by intermediate actors. AgriSPIN will concentrate on regional systems, rather than on national institutions.
As relevant solutions emerge from communication and interaction between stakeholders, the core activities of the project are structured Cross Visits designed for dense dialogue and mutual learning. Mixed teams, composed of AKIS professionals, will make visits to each partner organisation; study preselected existing innovation systems and explores promising experiences and lessons learnt. As the Cross Visits will be embedded in thorough science-practice reflections and sound documentation, AgriSPIN will hereby substantially add to the cross-national expertise on innovation intermediaries and support services.
Description
Work Packages
- Framework and guidelines for collection and monitoring. Collect stories and assumptions; review current knowledge; build a framework for observations
- Evaluation of innovation practices - Cross Visits. Explore innovation systems in practice; observe, inspire and initiate action for improvements
- Identification of best practices to improve innovation practise and support systems. Reflect on findings; analyse factors for success and failure; share new insights by producing videos, book, easy-reader materials.
- Networking and institutional uptake. Involve ‘enabling environment’ in an advisory board for inducing changes (regional decision makers)
- Dissemination. Share experiences with international professional community through seminars and workshops. Provide and supply channels of communication from the project to external stakeholders and the wider public.
- Project management and communication. Covers the management and organisational tasks that are necessary to create and maintain constructive working conditions for all project
partners
Partenaires
Knowledge Center for Agriculture, KCA | Denmark |
Dutch Southern Farmers Organisation , ZLTO | Nether-lands |
University of Hohenheim, UHOH, | Germany |
Union of Chambers of Agriculture, VLK | Germany |
Innovatiesteunpunt, ISP | Belgium |
Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre, LLKC | Latvia |
ACTA | France |
Tuscany Region, RT | Italy |
ProAgria | Finland |
IFOAM EU GROUP | Belgium |
Teagasc | Ireland |
Cirad-UMR Innovation | France |
ADEPT | Romania |
Agricultural University of Athens, AUA | Greece |
Fundacion Hazi Fundazioa, FHF | Spain |