Seeds for change

The utilisation of groups for innovation and knowledge transfer

“…In her review of the book 'Seeds for Change' (Pearce and Williams, 2010) published about the Agrisgôp programme, Pritchard (2011) reports that the Welsh Assembly Government's idea to seek to establish a management development programme 'for the intensely independent, pragmatic, 'self-contained', small businesses that make up Welsh farming' was a particularly novel and ambitious concept. To date, over 300 Sets (Agrisgôp groups) have been established resulting in a host of innovative and diverse group projects across Wales whose themes include adding value to primary produce, tourism, technical development, renewable energy, effective suc-is a strong ethos of confi dentiality, which not only very quickly establishes trust within the group but also instils commitment to the group and the process.…”