AgriLink. Agricultural Knowledge: Linking farmers, advisors and researchers to boost innovation
Project No.:
727577 — AgriLink — H2020-RUR-2016-2017/H2020-RUR-2016-2
Sponsor:
The EU Framework Programme for Research and Inovation - Horizon 2020
Duration:
54 months
Start: June 2017, End: November 2021
Project leader:
Institut national de la recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE), France
Project partners:
Centrum Doradztwa Rolniczego w Brwinowie (Poland), Agricultural University of Athens (Greece), Boerenbondvereniging voor Projecten vzw (Belgium), EKOTOXA s.r.o. (Czech Republic), Highclere Consulting S.R.L. (Romania), INRA Transfert S.A. (France), Instituto Navarro de Tecnologias e Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias Sociedad Anónima (Spain), Nodibinajums Baltic Studies Centre (Latvia), The Open University (United Kingdom), Stichting Wageningen Research (Netherlands), Stiftelsen Norsk Senter for Bygdeforskning (Norway), The James Hutton Institute (United Kingdom), Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal), ÚZEI (Czech Republic), Vinidea S.r.l. (Italy)
Responsible person:
Ing. Marta Mrnuštík Konečná
Other investigators:
Ing. Josef Kořínek, Ing. Marie Trantinová, Ph.D., Ing. Martin Mistr, Ph.D., Ing. Andrea Pekárková, Ing. Sumudu Boyinová,Ing. Ludmila Marušáková, Ph.D.
Annotation:
The goal of AgriLink is to stimulate transitions towards more sustainable European agricultures by i) furthering the understanding of the roles played by a wide range of advisory organisations in farmer decision-making and ii) enhancing their contribution to learning and innovation. This will be achieved through cutting edge research which develops a number of innovative approaches including ‘micro-AKIS’ analysis in 26 Focus Regions (Box 1), analysis of the governance of farm advisory systems, sociotechnical scenario development, and six ‘Living Laboratories’ (Living Labs) where farmers, advisors and researchers develop and test together innovative advisory tools and methods.
Timetable:
2017
WP1. Main aims and conceptual research framework
WP2. Establishing of methodology and selection of appropriate region and innovation areas for fulfill the project aims.
2018
WP2. Providing of structural questionnaires with actor s of mikro-AKISu in selected regions.
WP3. Creation of manual and beginning of 6 Living Labs.
2019
WP2. Dissemination of findings by Country Report and regional seminars.
WP3. Continuing of 6 Living Labs.
WP4. Creation of methodology, collecting of data and draft of EU FAS report.
WP5. Creation of methodology integration of findings of WP2, WP3 a WP4.
2020
WP2. Synthesis Report of all case studies.
WP3. Finishing of 6 Living Labs and Synthesis Report.
WP4. Creation of methodology, collecting of data and draft of national governance report.
WP5. Exploration of future transition pathways via „Socio-Technical Scenario“ method.
2021
WP6. Dissemination of project findings.
