The utilisation of groups for innovation and knowledge transfer

Owen, Wyn F.; Williams, Eirwen

doi:10.7896/j.1218

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“…Similarly, so-called 'champion farmers' (Lukuyu et al, 2012) and farmer fields schools (FAO, 2016) are successful farmer-based approaches to learning. Owen and Williams (2012) have shown the value of farmer discussion groups, one feature of which is the development of trust among the participants.…”

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A sustainable approach to fostering agricultural knowledge sharing in conflict-affected areas of Eastern Ukraine

Fieldsend

Voitovska²,

Toirov³

et al. 2019

NJAS: Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

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The agriculture sector of the Donbass Region in eastern Ukraine is facing serious challenges caused by the ongoing military conflict and consequent disruption of the earlier-established value chains. An advisory service potentially could help farmers to adapt to the changed circumstances. To inform the development process, an interview survey was conducted among 80 farmers in the region of their perceived information and advisory needs. Most interviewees stated that many issues affect the performance of their farm. Of all the given farmer × issue 'interactions' (i.e. a given farmer facing a specific issue), advice had been sought in around 70 per cent of instances. For any specific issue, most farmers sought advice from several sources. Interviewees attached very high importance to accessibility, convenience, previous personal experience, personal recommendation and confidence in the quality of advice given. Friends and family was the most popular source of advice, with farmers' organisations, local government agencies and agricultural Internet portals all being consulted by more than half of the interviewees. Many other sources were used by fewer than ten farmers. Twelve interviewees said that they would seek advice from advisory services if this was available. Following the analysis of the questionnaire results, three farmer focus groups were held to help interpret them. We conclude that, even in the absence of a formal advisory service, many farmers in the region are actively acquiring and sharing knowledge and that the agricultural innovation system continues to function despite the disruption caused by the conflict. Any new intervention should recognise this fact and be designed to improve knowledge flows between actors further, rather than to replace those that currently exist.

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A sustainable approach to fostering agricultural knowledge sharing in conflict-affected areas of Eastern Ukraine

Fieldsend

Voitovska²,

Toirov³

et al. 2019

NJAS: Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

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“…A summary of this study is presented in the Annex. A second study considered whether personality can be used to predict effective facilitators of organisational change and was described by Owen and Williams (2012). The main fi ndings of this study indicated a strong correlation between consultant effectiveness and the factor of 'agreeableness' on the so-called Big-Five scale (Goldberg, 1990) and a less strong yet signifi cant relationship between 'extraversion' and consultant effectiveness.…”

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“…This article outlines how the company initially became involved with and subsequently developed group processes through the design, launch and delivery of the Agrisgôp programme which utilises Action Learning to strengthen management capabilities, develop new business ideas, instigate positive change and resolve issues. Whereas Owen and Williams (2012) discussed the broader Farming Connect programme, this paper focuses specifi cally on the Action Learning methodology utilised with Agrisgop groups and particularly the longitudinal mixed-methods tool developed to measure the impact of the programme.…”

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Action Learning to enable organisational change in rural businesses

Owen¹

2017

Stud. Agr. Econ.

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“…The use of group processes to encourage innovation and to transfer best practice is relatively novel in the agricultural sector. The establishment of small, close knit groups with a dedicated experienced facilitator and utilising Action Learning methodology can result in extremely effective and sustainable innovation and knowledge transfer [21].…”

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Entrepreneurship in organic production – an incentive for sustainable rural development

Терзиев

2016

Agric. resour. econ.

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The implementation of the strategic goals of economic, social and ecological development should start by entrepreneurship encouragement in rural areas for development of agrarian and related activities. The significance of protection of environmental components (soil, water, air, biodiversity, landscape) in global aspect directs the development towards sustainable agriculture, and organic production in particular, and its integration to other activities as tourism development. Current paper discusses entrepreneurship in organic production and trade as one of the main drivers of economic growth, productiveness and innovations in rural regions. Organic production is economically effective, ecologically compatible and socially responsible and it occurs to be an effective entrepreneurial strategy for rural development starting from urban areas demand and embracing not only food or other products but also places for rest, tourism, landscape preservation, protection of nature, culture, infrastructure development, etc., aiming at increase in competitiveness by applying an ecological technology using a new approach – planning, management and control over the production process.

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The utilisation of groups for innovation and knowledge transfer

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

A sustainable approach to fostering agricultural knowledge sharing in conflict-affected areas of Eastern Ukraine

A sustainable approach to fostering agricultural knowledge sharing in conflict-affected areas of Eastern Ukraine

Action Learning to enable organisational change in rural businesses

Entrepreneurship in organic production – an incentive for sustainable rural development

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