The Learning History method is a useful tool for describing processes of change. If selected AgriSpin narratives were to be upgraded to Learning Histories, they could be used for training as well as teaching purposes. Innovation processes do not fit into common project reports with objectives, deliverables and tick boxes for checking whether the [...]
Advisors must understand the innovation process to be able to stimulate it properly. In other words, they need to know the different stages of the innovation process as well as relevant non-technical success factors. Therefore, their training is key. Advisors as well as other professionals, such as leaders of operational groups in EIP (the [...]
The financial instruments of the European Rural Development policy can to a large extent be shaped in a way that is consistent with the seven phases of the AgriSpin innovation spiral. Thus, funding for innovation can be found in the current regulation. As established by AgriSpin, innovation in agriculture is a non-linear, iterative process [...]
The AgriSpin consortium ends with the termination of the project and AgriSpin as such will not be a partner offering services to others. However, the partners are very much available for sharing their experiences with the Cross Visit methodology. The AgriSpin partners are ready to share the experiences gained in the project. It taught [...]
A supportive environment does matter when it comes to stimulating innovation. This has been amply demonstrated by the findings of AgriSpin: Structural measures lower the threshold so that actors can do what is needed to support the innovation process. AgriSpin shows that when support agencies use methods, approaches and also language to reflect on [...]
The cases of the AgriSpin project cover many different aspects of European agriculture. Ranging from a feed wall in Finland to social inclusion in Italy, a total of nine innovation cases have an organic and agroecological focus. A compilation of cases with an organic and agroecological focus explored throughout the Cross Visits brings the [...]
AgriSpin has real-life pointers for actors who support innovation, such as advisors, innovation support service providers, public authorities, and researchers. In 25 recommendations, AgriSpin advises them on the important role they play in an innovation process. The recommendations of AgriSpin are primarily based on experiences from the 13 Cross Visits during which multi-actor teams [...]
Everyday practices of innovation give farmers invaluable inspiration which may be applied to their own innovation efforts. With 18 examples of innovation, AgriSpin provides the innovator and his actors with inspiration from European agriculture. Innovation cases are all different and even though the seven stages of the Spiral of Innovations are applicable to all [...]
The Spiral of Innovations is not a planning tool. Instead, it helps to identify what is at stake at a certain point during the innovation process. As it turns out, too little attention is often given to the early stages of the innovation process. Questions such as what needs to be done, who should be connected [...]
Forty engaged participants learned about AgriSpin and its results at the End Conference held on July 3rd in the picturesque city of Chania in Crete. During a whole day of presentations and discussions, the AgriSpin method of creating space for innovation in agriculture took center stage. Before introducing the method for creating space for innovation, [...]
