The AgriSpin project is linked to several other innovation projects funded by the EU. Get acquainted with them here on the AgriSpin website or visit their websites to expand your network, find project partners or seek out new knowledge on innovation.
JOLISAA
The JOLISAA project operated from February 2010 to July 2013. JOLISAA’s goal was to assess how smallholders’ innovativeness, knowledge, capacities and other resources can be tapped into, strengthened and linked effectively to those of other stakeholders – public or private, local or global – to contribute to reducing rural poverty and improving food security in Africa.
PRO AKIS
Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems (AKIS) describe the exchange of knowledge and supporting services between many diverse actors in rural areas. AKIS provide farmers with relevant knowledge and networks around innovations in agriculture. The project has aimed to answer the following question: How and from what sources can farmers get reliable and relevant knowledge, as well as orientation and support, in order to evolve and solve problems, and to respond to external expectations and development opportunities? PRO AKIS has its final conference in May 2015.
SOLINSA
The SOLINSA project started in February 2011 and finished in January 2014. The project aimed to identify barriers to the development of Learning and Innovation Networks for sustainable agriculture (LINSA). The project explored how policy instruments, financial arrangements, research, education and advisory services might support LINSA’s in cost-efficient and effective ways.
VALERIE
The VALERIE project has three main objectives. First, it seeks to develop and implement a method to drive innovation using a stakeholder-driven method). Second, the project aims to translate research outcomes with innovation potential into usable formats for farmers, advisers, and enterprises in the supply chain. And last, but not least, VALERIE wishes to establish a generic infrastructure that will enable ‘fresh’ stakeholder communities to apply the VALERIE method.
Farm Path Project
The FarmPath project ran from March 2011 to May 2014. The overall goal of FarmPath was to identify and assess future transition pathways towards regional sustainability of agriculture in Europe as well as the social and technological innovation needs required to initiate and progress regional sustainability of European agriculture along these pathways.