2015; Fieldsend et al. Clearly, therefore, the latter are viable alternatives for multi-actor innovation partnerships involving users. Such databases take a lot of resources to maintain and frequently contain errors and omissions, a shortcoming that even applies to the EIP-AGRI project database. This is an important topic for further research in order to understand how effective participation could be better incentivised or supported. Percentage of each type of project and non-project activity proposing a specific type of solution. Using a comparative case study methodology, this study analyzes relational data from 56 interviews regarding four R&D offshore relationships between two large Swedish multinational companies and four R&D offshore partners. 3099067 agronomy development agricultural knowledge politics research steps centre In the current (20142020) programming period, by far the largest numbers of OGs are planned for the Western EU Member States. 5 0 obj Networks and partnerships are commonly-used tools to foster knowledge sharing between actors and organisations in the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS), but in Europe the policy emphasis on including users, such as farmers and foresters, is relatively recent. A significant number use combined external agricultural information and local knowledge, which forms a third knowledge system. Whether farmers used the new information depended on successful trial of the new pest management strategy, and on the credibility of the source. endobj The call for entries was widely publicised by the consortium partners through many channels, including the farming, rural, policy and local media, within EU Member States and several neighbouring countries, and attracted 175 eligible entries from 20 countries. In this way, new concepts, processes, techniques and materials could be developed and flow in the economy with positive social welfare effects. These findings illustrate the value of synergies between policies and programmes in fostering user participation. More research is needed on the extent to which these alternative approaches foster co-innovation and on lessons that can be learned concerning novel forms of policy intervention. The potential success of the co-innovation process was judged to be medium or high in almost all the 200 reviewed multi-actor partnerships. 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No. <> This work was conducted within the LIAISON project. How well do Agricultural Knowledge Systems respond to new challenges? Munyua and Stilwell (2012) provide a detailed description of the theoretical aspects of the study. With reference to the classification of Lamprinopolou et al. 232-240, Library & Information Science Research, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2013, pp. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. This leads to many challenges in the management of electronic library resources. For the latter group, this means being aware of the numerous different options for fostering co-innovation. We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. farming odisha india system koraput organic rice agriculture heritage modern importance traditional agricultural indian practices indigenous systems being status un 57 0 obj For example, researchers and educational institutes mostly occupy a leading role in EIP-AGRI projects, while non-EIP-AGRI projects render a more diverse picture concerning actor participation. The EIP-AGRI is clearly an important driver of co-innovation in the AKIS, but not the only one. Findings indicate that the peritext is a rich source for gathering information about authorship and publishing as it reveals contextually relevant information, shares the author's informational tools, constructs the author, markets titles, and provides relevant information for specific age groups and genres. Figure 2. Methods described in two papers aided the interpretation of our data. The conference considered The information seeking contexts of Australian grain and cotton growers were explored as they undertook self-directed learning to make farming system changes. It has four administrative divisions with diverse agro-ecological conditions, varied climates, wide-ranging economic enterprises, and differing poverty levels. New technology solutions (ND and NP) and value chain innovations (VB, VC, VL, VP and VS) are the focus of around 19 and 22 per cent, respectively, of all reviewed projects and non-project activities. Figure 1. This investigation provided insights into information seeking and what constitutes information that supported learning. Figure 5. This result may in part be a consequence of the continuing strong emphasis in policy discourse (and in the content of databases) on the research/researcher-led co-innovation paradigm. The involvement of some groups of actors (G, N) as formal partners is especially low in our sampled H2020 projects and OGs, and non-EIP-AGRI options may be better suited to fostering co-innovation between these actors and farmers and foresters. Creating synergies between policies and programmes remains challenging but provides potential for improved and differentiated involvement of users. For these reasons it was regarded as a suitable location for the study. 20142020 has been the first EU programming period where, through the EIP-AGRI, there has been an obligation to adopt the multi-actor approach. By closing this message, you are consenting to our use of cookies. Aubrac (1977) perceived a cause and effect relationship between the slow development of this sector and a lack of information. <> The cultural tests confirm that the American culture represents individualism, whereas the Korean culture represents collectivism. endobj Percentage of each type of project and non-project activity including a specific type of actor in the consortium (or equivalent). An in-depth report on all the findings derived from the sense-making methodology, however, would require broader data on behavior and decision making than the scope of this article allows. Any analysis of the co-innovation landscape in Europe by the EC, policy-makers and policy implementers, as well as prospective innovation actors (cf. They were termed under-the-radar activities as many of them were not included in published databases and/or not known to EU and/or national policy-makers. Table 2. This prompted farmers to seek information actively, or they received passive information. The full details of the methodology1 are described in Munyua and Stilwell (2010). 2015) themselves can also foster co-innovation. Unlike projects, they might not be fixed term or be implemented by a consortium (a defined group of partners working on a formal basis). networks, Innovative institutional approaches for Agricultural Knowledge System management in 3 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No. Hilda M. Munyua holds a Ph.D. from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. <>16]/P 20 0 R/Pg 43 0 R/S/Link>> Using a common methodology, we reviewed the design and implementation of 200 multi-actor partnerships involving farmers and foresters from across Europe. This article investigates the use of local, external, and mixed localexternal agricultural knowledge by small-scale farmers and its effects on small-scale agriculture in Kirinyaga. Key: A: advisor; B: business; E: education; F: individual farmer or forester; G: public body; M: processing or marketing SME; N: NGO; O: processing or marketing producer organisation; R: researcher; S: representative/supporting organisation. <>1]/P 14 0 R/Pg 43 0 R/S/Link>> Their information needs and information behavior were found to be diverse and the AKISs in the district were complex, dynamic, and location specific. 272-278, Industrial Marketing Management, Volume 63, 2017, pp. Our data show that a broad range of actors beyond researchers, advisors and farmers/foresters take part in activities that are judged to involve high levels of co-innovation, but we did not explore possible hierarchies in these partnerships. Secondly, there is an implicit emphasis in the EIP-AGRI on translating research knowledge into practical applications. Central to the EIP-AGRI approach is the interactive innovation model, defined as: the collaboration between various actors to make best use of complementary types of knowledge (scientific, practical, organisational etc.) More research is required on the intelligent use of terminology in programming documents. <><>2 3]/P 6 0 R/Pg 43 0 R/S/Link>> From our findings, we developed recommendations for improving the targeting and interlinking of policy instruments, and on the need for academics and policy-makers to pay more attention to the important role of value chain co-innovation in the AKIS. Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab. The first concerns its ability to engage with harder-to-reach groups of users, i.e. Firstly, desk research from published information was undertaken by the project partners and the results subsequently checked with the interviewees. Nonetheless, a simple requirement to include users in partnerships is unlikely to overcome the barriers to their effective participation. Defined as a concept that seeks to encompass and influence the complexity of knowledge and innovation processes in the rural sphere (Docks, Tisenkopfs, and Bock 2011, 7), the AKIS embraces the actors, their organisation(s) and the knowledge flows between them. their safety, A rainbow revolution and participatory plant breeding, A Farmer's experience with biotech crops in South Africa, Latin America: Public agricultural advisory services, The Brazilian Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) System, Facilitating adoption and technology transfers, Summary of some key issues raised and implications for the policy agenda in OECD countries. People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read. Around 20 per cent of reviewed EIP-AGRI projects support product innovation (T). OGs and Interreg). The EIP-AGRI itself links policies and instruments concerned with co-innovation. European Union databases from which the projects for review were sourced.