How to Strengthen Innovation Support Services in Agriculture with Regard to Multi-Stakeholder Approaches

Guy Faure, Andrea Knierim, Alex Koutsouris, Hycenth Tim Ndah, Sarah Audouin, Elena Zarokosta, Eelke Wielinga, Bernard Triomphe, Syndhia Mathé, Ludovic Temple and Kevin Heanue

Journal of Innovation Economics, 2019, vol. n° 28, issue 1, 145-169

Abstract: The new EU agricultural policy aims to strengthen actors? capacities for innovation by taking into account the complexity of innovation processes. This paper characterizes the key innovation support services (ISS) that support actors in innovating. In the EU AgriSpin project, we analyzed 57 case studies describing innovation processes. We used a common grid to characterize ISS. Our results show that ISS depends on the phase of the innovation. During the initial phases, there is a need for innovative support services (e.g. network building, support for the innovator). In the latter phases, there is a need for more conventional services (e.g. training, credit) at farm, value chain and territory level. Brokering functions and new services are key to supporting actors to innovate by facilitating interactions for the co-production of knowledge, co-design of technologies, and identification of new institutional arrangements. JEL Codes: Q10, O31, O32, O33, O35, O52

Keywords: Innovation System; Agricultural Service; Phase of Innovation; Brokering; Innovation Support Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O32 O33 O35 O52 Q10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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