The need for a new agro innovation system

Latesteijn, H.C. van; Andeweg, K.

doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9781-1_1

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“…Instead of avoiding value conflicts, a distinctive feature of the programme was that it intentionally embraced this variation. One of the key assumptions of the programme is that a system innovation requires a multi-stakeholder approach exactly for the reason that, in this instance, farmers, citizens, researches, and governments all have different values concerning environmental, social, and economic aspects of agricultural production [60].…”

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Collaboration between Heterogeneous Practitioners in Sustainability Research: A Comparative Analysis of Three Transdisciplinary Programmes

2018

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There is wide agreement about the importance of transdisciplinary research to address complex sustainability issues. Although there is a growing body of literature about the management of transdisciplinary research programmes as well as the challenges relating to the collaboration between academic researchers and practitioners, empirical research has to date paid little attention to the challenges related to the variation of practitioners involved in these programmes. This paper presents a comparative analysis of three transdisciplinary programmes addressing climate change and sustainability and identifies factors that contribute to fruitful collaboration between heterogeneous practitioners. Contrary to what could be expected from the literature, differences between the practitioners involved have only created significant issues in one of the programmes, and this programme has developed a way to cope with this difficulty. Effective strategies to avoid and limit tensions among practitioners include a focus on bilateral collaborations, the careful selection of programme participants, and the appointment of dedicated project monitors who are responsible for social learning processes.

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Collaboration between Heterogeneous Practitioners in Sustainability Research: A Comparative Analysis of Three Transdisciplinary Programmes

2018

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“…Thus, they should be deeply integrated in enterprise's business strategies to establish principles of action. Additionally, such process innovations typically assume that actors must navigate in multi-level, multi-actor settings [44], working together with actors that they were not working with before, as in co-innovation [38]. Co-innovation requires iterative, contextualized and tailored coordination of IPs [ibid.].…”

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“…For its analytical framework, a sectoral system of innovation (SSI) approach was applied [40,41]. As much as these frameworks are powerful tools for describing system arrangements, they have limitations in terms of explaining the processual, dynamic, interconnected character that is inherent to innovation [42][43][44], while they can also overlook activities of individual actors [39]. An explorative approach supported the gradual generation of results across the three system levels and allowed triangulation of results for a final picture of the innovation system.…”

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Identifying System-Related Barriers for the Development and Implementation of Eco-Innovation in the German Horticultural Sector

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The implementation of eco-innovations can be a strategy to combine economic benefit and reduce negative environmental impact. German greenhouse production is highly energy intensive, as heating and energy account for the second largest cost factor. Thus, the sector wants to develop and implement eco-innovations to speed up the process towards increased sustainability. In this paper, a sectoral systems of innovation (SSI) analysis is presented to identify and describe interrelated systemic barriers for developing and implementing such innovations into the sector. The SSI was used as an analytical framework, which enabled covering different system levels and components in the research in order to draw a comprehensive picture of this specific innovation environment. A mixed-methods, explorative approach was used: a literature analysis, followed by an expert workshop and semi-structured expert interviews, was conducted to understand the barriers for development and implementation of such innovations. A SWOT workshop assisted in generalizing results from selected innovation examples. A complementary two-wave Delphi study was used to identify innovation activity, important actors, policies and drivers within horticulture. Based on these data, we were able to identify different barrier-types, showing how they are interconnected and affect innovation processes increasing ecological modernization of the sector.

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“…Jedoch nur, wenn verschiedene Leistungsindikatoren über einen längeren Zeitraum ausgewertet werden können, kann retrospektiv beschrieben werden, wie das Innovationssystem zu ökonomischem Erfolg beiträgt (Carlsson et al 2002). Jedoch stellen Hall et al (2003) (Geels 2003, World Bank 2006, Alston et al 2010, Lundvall 2009, Dockès et al 2011, Latesteijn und Andeweg 2011.…”

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Nachhaltige Innovationen in der Landwirtschaft: Komplexe Herausforderungen im Innovationssystem

König¹,

Kuntosch²,

Bokelmann³

et al. 2012

Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung

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The need for a new agro innovation system

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Collaboration between Heterogeneous Practitioners in Sustainability Research: A Comparative Analysis of Three Transdisciplinary Programmes

Collaboration between Heterogeneous Practitioners in Sustainability Research: A Comparative Analysis of Three Transdisciplinary Programmes

Identifying System-Related Barriers for the Development and Implementation of Eco-Innovation in the German Horticultural Sector

Nachhaltige Innovationen in der Landwirtschaft: Komplexe Herausforderungen im Innovationssystem

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