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Generating space for innovations in agriculture: the AgriSpin project

Wielinga, Eelke and Koutsouris, Alex and Knierim, Andrea and Guichaoua, Adrien (2017): Generating space for innovations in agriculture: the AgriSpin project. Studies in Agricultural Economics, 119 (1). pp. 26-33. ISSN 1418-2106

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Abstract

Good initiatives for sustainable innovations are everywhere. The biotope selects. How can a conducive biotope be created where such initiatives will flourish and develop into successful innovations? Where can initiators easily find partners and funds to make their dreams come true? What can innovation support agencies do concretely to make a difference? These are the central questions in the European Union Horizon 2020 project AgriSpin. Here, we share our first experiences from AgriSpin, in which 15 partner organisations in 12 European regions are learning from and with each other about successful approaches to innovation brokering. Firstly, we summarise some bottlenecks that are frequently mentioned in the literature. Then the design of the project is described. A key element is the series of ‘cross-visits’ hosted by the partners. At the time of writing, all cross-visits have been made, and the project has entered a digestion period in which we try to make sense of what has been observed. The next step is to design action plans for each partner organisation and the key actors in the regions where they operate. So, this paper reports work in progress. Nevertheless, some interesting ‘pearls’ and ‘puzzles’ can already be reported.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: innovation support services, networks, partnership, EIP-Agri
Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics – Environmental and Ecological Economics
Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics – Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q00 - General
Depositing User: István Ady
Date Deposited: 27 Apr 2017 09:34
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2017 09:11
URI: http://repo.aki.gov.hu/id/eprint/2188

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