Achieving best-fit configurations through advisory subsystems in AKIS: case studies of advisory service provisioning for diverse types of farmers in Norway

Trust formation in agri-food institutional support networks

“…In the literature on rural advisory services, the numerous challenges that advisors face in building trust have been documented. First, there are a range of client types and ways in which clients seek information from advisory services (Klerkx et al, 2017). The challenges presented here for advisors include providing appropriate expertise to meet the specific knowledge demands, developing trust relations, motivating disinterested parties who are not interested in change, and simply making contact with small rural enterprises and farmers that are less visible to agencies and who are hard to reach (Smallbone et al, 2003;Labarthe and Laurent, 2013).…”

Capacidades humanas y desarrollo local. El caso de la producción de melón en Costa Rica

“…Aunado a esto, los territorios que basan su actividad económica en la producción agrícola, por lo general, no solo se encuentran más dependientes de las cadenas de valor, sino que también son más vulnerables a las exigencias de adaptación que establece el mercado (Klerkx et al, 2017). Esta situación empuja a los productores a aprovechar cualquier flujo de información y conocimiento que se encuentre disponible, y justifica la importancia que tiene la gestión del aprendizaje como mecanismo de intercambio e interacción entre productores y organizaciones agropecuarias.…”

Understanding dairy commercialization : Evolving market linkages, transition, and resilience of dairy farming in the East African highlands

“…This thesis adds depth to the debate on co-evolution of innovation systems and bundling of input and services (Kilelu et al, 2013), highlighting that service arrangements with different sophistication levels can complement each other and form a supportive factor in commercialization. It also shows how competition in a pluralistic network of service provision arrangements can contribute to 'best fit' (Birner et al, 2009;Klerkx et al, 2017). It extents the meaning of plurality in such systems beyond different types of service providers and services to types of farmers with different resource endowments and different levels of market quality as result of spatial factors.…”

“…These are needed for the dynamic and challenging operational context where these business are embedded (Boso et al, 2013;Poulton et al, 2010;Wiklund and Shepherd, 2005), especially in developing countries that may not have attained a certain market maturity. This links to debates on the need to look at 'advisory subsystems' (Klerkx et al, 2017), as some sectors or groups of farmers may be viably served by private AEAS, while others may need continued public support. Furthermore, the effectiveness of a service provider can be enhanced when they are embedded within networks of plural actors providing complementary services that offer a suite of solutions for a broad range of issues to fit the demands of diverse farmer-clients (Birner et al, 2009;Klerkx et al, 2017).…”

“…This links to debates on the need to look at 'advisory subsystems' (Klerkx et al, 2017), as some sectors or groups of farmers may be viably served by private AEAS, while others may need continued public support. Furthermore, the effectiveness of a service provider can be enhanced when they are embedded within networks of plural actors providing complementary services that offer a suite of solutions for a broad range of issues to fit the demands of diverse farmer-clients (Birner et al, 2009;Klerkx et al, 2017).…”