A New Evaluation Culture Is Inevitable

Spaapen, Jack

doi:10.12924/of2015.01010036

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“…On the one hand, the trend towards evaluation of researchers and institutions based on bibliographic indicators and patents (with clear consequences on fund allocation) is being strengthened [49]. On the other hand, major funders (e.g.…”

Section: Discussion: Moving Through An Agroecological Innovation Paramentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are new developments on this subject [48], but "these are still confronted by incentive systems that favour the old style of evaluation and old method of producing research: mono-disciplinary, with a focus on publication in international journals" [49]. National and EU Agricultural policies which support novelties and bottom-up innovations with subsidies and niche market development, if integrated with innovation policies that encourage knowledge exchange using a multi-actor approach, could facilitate a more coherent scaling up of such innovations, as is already happening in some contexts.…”

Section: Discussion: Moving Through An Agroecological Innovation Paramentioning

confidence: 99%

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Changes in Knowledge Management Strategies Can Support Emerging Innovative Actors in Organic Agriculture: The Case of Participatory Plant Breeding in Europe

Ortolani

Bocci

Bàrberi

et al. 2017

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Abstract:The "transfer of technology", typical of a top-down linear process of innovation cannot be used in the new contexts of sustainability, characterised by uncertainty and complexity. There is a need to redefine categories and concepts around which innovation and agricultural policies are built, as those currently in use provide only a partial representation of reality. Innovation paradigms underpinning technological development and public policies design will have a direct impact on decisions regarding which agricultural models will ultimately be supported. Looking at local learning capacity and systems of relations can help to understand the potential to develop innovation within a specific context. This work contributes to the definition of new actors who are developing innovation for sustainability in rural areas. The study focuses on the knowledge systems of farmers who are applying alternative breeding strategies: it uses a network approach to explore the knowledge system in which individual farmers are embedded in order to understand their specific relational features. Three main conclusions emerge from the study: for enhancing the agro-ecological innovation paradigm there is a need to define the 'innovation broker', to revise the evaluation system of public research and to integrate innovation and agricultural policies.

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Section: Discussion: Moving Through An Agroecological Innovation Paramentioning

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Section: Discussion: Moving Through An Agroecological Innovation Paramentioning

confidence: 99%

Changes in Knowledge Management Strategies Can Support Emerging Innovative Actors in Organic Agriculture: The Case of Participatory Plant Breeding in Europe

Ortolani

Bocci

Bàrberi

et al. 2017

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“…To cope with this problem, Watson et al (2008) propose an approach they call Bhierarchical system approach^, which uses inter-and trans-disciplinary methods to gain holistic insight by a variety of smallscale (reductionist) experiments. In addition, there is a growing movement of scientists advocating for a new evaluation system of research results that goes beyond well-established bibliographic indicators to highlight innovative aspects and issues more relevant to farmers and other end users (Spaapen 2015;Wolf et al 2015).…”

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Organic Agriculture 3.0 is innovation with research

Rahmann¹,

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“…However, it has been underlined that there is little structural incentive for researchers or institutions to become engaged in participatory research because this part of their work is not considered a valuable research output [38,63]. Moreover, several studies have also highlighted the disconnection between agricultural advisory services, particularly private ones, and scientific research (e.g., [35,64,65]).…”

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“…Such an approach is meant to implement the concept of the AKIS system, where farmers contribute to developing novelties as the outcome of different ways of thinking and doing things and in recombining different pieces of knowledge in an innovative way [10]. However, it has been underlined that there is little structural incentive for researchers or institutions to become engaged in participatory research because this part of their work is not considered a valuable research output [38,63]. Moreover, several studies have also…”

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Knowledge Networks in Organic Fruit Production across Europe: A Survey Study

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Limited data regarding the resources and methods used by organic fruit growers to learn about production practices are available, even though this information is crucial to improving the efficacy of knowledge transfer. Therefore, a survey to gain information from knowledge networks dealing with organic fruit production about their structural organisation, tasks and methods of communication was carried out in twenty-one countries from Europe and the Mediterranean basin. A total of 56 networks representing about 42,500 professionals were identified as a result of the survey. The vast majority of them were only active at the regional or national level and were composed of farmers, advisors and researchers. About 3/4 of the networks were developing improved strategies for agronomic practices and about half of them were also involved in different knowledge-transfer activities between their members. Personal contact was the most used method to exchange and disseminate information within the networks as well as to elaborate improved strategies. The findings were analysed in view of the methods and practices commonly used to share both explicit (scientific) and implicit (practical) knowledge among practitioners. It was concluded that knowledge networks play an important role in the development of more resilient organic cropping systems, frequently making organic fruit growers the drivers of innovation. Networking for knowledge exchange was considered a process that encourages the active involvement of farmers in experimentation and innovation applying a method of knowledge sharing that is rooted in the very foundation of organic philosophy. Some recommendations and future research were suggested to further foster the development and functioning of networks for knowledge exchange.

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A New Evaluation Culture Is Inevitable

Cited by 9 publications

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Changes in Knowledge Management Strategies Can Support Emerging Innovative Actors in Organic Agriculture: The Case of Participatory Plant Breeding in Europe

Changes in Knowledge Management Strategies Can Support Emerging Innovative Actors in Organic Agriculture: The Case of Participatory Plant Breeding in Europe

Organic Agriculture 3.0 is innovation with research

Knowledge Networks in Organic Fruit Production across Europe: A Survey Study

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