Technology Transfer in Agriculture: The Case of Wageningen University

Hoenen, Sebastian; Kolympiris, Christos; Wubben, E.F.M.; Omta, Onno

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67958-7_13

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“…Technology transfer in agriculture has been closely studied for nearly a hundred years. Comprehensive reviews of technology transfer between universities, industry, and society detail its many challenges and characteristics (Hoenen et al, 2018). The nature of agriculture presents numerous challenges to technology transfer, including protracted timelines, the need for regional adaptation of crop varieties and cropping systems, and complications due to weather, soil type, pests, equipment, management, and markets.…”

Section: Technology Transfer and Adoption In Clcmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a practical theory for commercializing novel continuous living cover crops: a conceptual review through the lens of Kernza perennial grain, 2019–2022

Cureton,

Peters,

Skelly

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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As agricultural scientists rapidly develop and deploy novel continuous living cover (CLC) crops and cropping systems such as perennial grains, a growing number of intermediaries are engaged in advancing the commercialization, adoption, and scaling of these novel CLC crops. However, these commercialization practitioners lack a conceptual and practical roadmap to help them achieve success. Through key concept review and practice narratives, this article presents the firsthand experience of primarily non-academic staff at several key public and nonprofit agricultural innovation platforms between 2019 and 2022 that have held core institutional responsibilities for facilitating the commercialization, adoption, and scaling of Kernza® perennial grain, North America’s first commercially-viable perennial grain crop. Reviews of key concepts identified as relevant to the practice of commercializing novel continuous living cover crops are interwoven with practice narratives of the Kernza commercialization process through the lens of each concept, demonstrating the ways in which these concepts translate to specific activities, methods, and strategies, also noting remaining gaps, limitations, and areas for growth and learning. This narrative can move the growing community of CLC intermediaries and innovation brokers toward a ‘practical theory’ of CLC commercialization that lies at the intersection of technology transfer and adoption, innovation, and agri-food systems change processes. Such conceptual orientation and practical guidance stands to improve the efficacy of novel CLC crop commercialization intermediaries, accelerate wider efforts of agricultural innovation platforms to rapidly advance CLC agriculture, and provide fertile ground for further applied research.

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Section: Technology Transfer and Adoption In Clcmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a practical theory for commercializing novel continuous living cover crops: a conceptual review through the lens of Kernza perennial grain, 2019–2022

Cureton,

Peters,

Skelly

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Como podemos ver, los temas de debate de la actualidad son similares a los de comienzos del siglo XXI, es posible observar que la cuestión medioambiental va ganando una importancia creciente, en consonancia con la mayor preocupación social por este tema, también en consonancia con las soluciones dadas en épocas anteriores, en la actualidad la mayoría de estas se circunscriben a la esfera pública, por ejemplo, se menciona la necesaria participación de la administración para fomentar la transferencia de tecnología para mejorar así la productividad y reducir la contaminación, tal y como se hace con éxito en lugares como Países Bajos (Hoenen, S, et al 2018). También se menciona la necesaria acción del Estado para la protección de la diversidad, para el mantenimiento de los recursos hídricos y para el fomento de la economía circular a través de los planes desarrollados tanto por la Unión Europea como por el gobierno español y andaluz.…”

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El Milagro Económico Almeriense: Un Estado De La Cuestión Acerca Del Papel Del Sector Público Y Privado.

2022

RUHE

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En el presente trabajo se realiza un estado de la cuestión de la agricultura almeriense con el objetivo de analizar el papel jugado por el sector público y por el privado en el desarrollo agrícola. Para ello se ha llevado a cabo una revisión de distintos artículos académicos divididos por décadas para así analizar las cuestiones predominantes en cada momento, por otro lado también se ha realizado una revisión de artículos académicos publicados en los últimos años para analizar las principales cuestiones que afectan al sector y las que afectarán en el futuro. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que existe un importante consenso en torno a la importancia que tuvo la iniciativa pública para la creación del sector tal y como lo conocemos hoy en día. Por último, en lo referente a las cuestiones del presente y futuro, el Estado deberá seguir actuando para eliminar los problemas causados por la disminución de las rentas, los problemas del mercado laboral y el impacto medioambiental (externalidad negativa).

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“…Indeed, the United States land grant universities were founded during and after the Civil War in the heart of agrarian regions to ensure innovation and dissemination for farmers, providing an infrastructure for updating research and education to meet the agricultural challenges of the next 150 years . The Food Valley of The Netherlands also offers an inspiring vision of a cluster for promoting agricultural education, training, entrepreneurship, and translation in a coordinated manner; , implementing the AgTech Pioneer ecosystem will expand on this success and support the development of future entrepreneurial farmers committed to agricultural innovation. Active and focused engagement with communities in urban areas should also be considered in order to expand and to diversify AgTech Pioneer recruitment and participation.…”

Section: Agtech Pioneer Ecosystemmentioning

confidence: 99%