HENNOVATION: Learnings from Promoting Practice-Led Multi-Actor Innovation Networks to Address Complex Animal Welfare Challenges within the Laying Hen Industry

Animals - Tập 9 Số 1 - Trang 24
Lisa van Dijk1,2, Henry Buller1, H.J. Blokhuis3, T.G.C.M. van Niekerk4, Eva Voslářová5, Xavier Manteca6, Claire A Weeks7, David C J Main2
1College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK
2School of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester GL7 6JS, UK
3Department of Animal Environment and Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 8750 07 Almas Alle Uppsala, Sweden
4Animal Health and Welfare, Wageningen Livestock Research, PO Box 338, 6700AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
5Department of Animal Protection, Welfare and Behaviour, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, PalackÉHo TŘ. 1/3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
6Department of Animal and Feed Science, School of Veterinary Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Campus De La Uab Bellaterra, 08193 Cerdanyola Barcelona, Spain
7Bristol Vet School, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK

Tóm tắt

The Hennovation project, an EU H2020 funded thematic network, aimed to explore the potential value of practice-led multi-actor innovation networks within the laying hen industry. The project proposed that husbandry solutions can be practice-led and effectively supported to achieve durable gains in sustainability and animal welfare. It encouraged a move away from the traditional model of science providing solutions for practice, towards a collaborative approach where expertise from science and practice were equally valued. During the 32-month project, the team facilitated 19 multi-actor networks in five countries through six critical steps in the innovation process: problem identification, generation of ideas, planning, small scale trials, implementation and sharing with others. The networks included farmers, processors, veterinarians, technical advisors, market representatives and scientists. The interaction between the farmers and the other network actors, including scientists, was essential for farmer innovation. New relationships emerged between the scientists and farmers, based on experimental learning and the co-production of knowledge for improving laying hen welfare. The project demonstrated that a practice-led approach can be a major stimulus for innovation with several networks generating novel ideas and testing them in their commercial context. The Hennovation innovation networks not only contributed to bridging the science-practice gap by application of existing scientific solutions in practice but more so by jointly finding new solutions. Successful multi-actor, practice-led innovation networks appeared to depend upon the following key factors: active participation from relevant actors, professional facilitation, moderate resource support and access to relevant expertise. Farmers and processors involved in the project were often very enthusiastic about the approach, committing significant time to the network’s activities. It is suggested that the agricultural research community and funding agencies should place greater value on practice-led multi-actor innovation networks alongside technology and advisor focused initiatives to improve animal welfare and embed best practices.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Brunori, 2013, CAP reform and innovation: The role of learning and innovation networks, EuroChoices, 12, 27, 10.1111/1746-692X.12025

Vogl, C.R., Kummer, S., and Schunko, C. (2016, January 21–25). Farmers’ experiments and innovations: A debate on the role of creativity for fostering an innovative environment in farming systems. Proceedings of the 2th European IFSA Symposium, Shropshire, UK.

Akrich, 2002, The key to success in innovation part I: The art of interessement, Int. J. Innov. Manag., 6, 187, 10.1142/S1363919602000550

Eastwood, 2017, Dynamics and distribution of public and private research and extension roles for technological innovation and diffusion: Case studies of the implementation and adaptation of precision farming technologies, J. Rural Stud., 49, 1, 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.11.008

Arkesteijn, 2015, The need for reflexive evaluation approaches in development cooperation, Evaluation, 21, 99, 10.1177/1356389014564719

Lambrecht, E., Kühne, B., and Gellynck, X. (2015). Success factors of innovation networks: Lessons from agriculture in Flanders. Proc. Food Syst. Dyn., 390–403.

Spielman, D.J., and Birner, R. (2008). How Innovative Is Your Agriculture? Using Innovation Indicators and Benchmarks to Strengthen National Agricultural Innovation Systems, World Bank. Available online: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTARD/Resources/InnovationIndicatorsWeb.pdf.

Moschitz, H., Roep, D., Brunori, G., and Tisenkopfs, T. (2015). Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture: Processes of Co-Evolution, Joint Reflection and Facilitation, Taylor & Francis.

McKenzie, 2013, Farmer-driven innovation in New South Wales, Australia, Aust. Geogr., 44, 81, 10.1080/00049182.2013.765349

Klerkx, 2010, Adaptive management in agricultural innovation systems: The interactions between innovation networks and their environment, Agric. Syst., 103, 390, 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.03.012

Hall, A. (2007). Challenges to Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems: Where Do We Go from Here?, UNU-MERIT.

Klerkx, L., van Mierlo, B., and Leeuwis, C. (2012). Evolution of systems approaches to agricultural innovation: Concepts, analysis and interventions. Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic, Springer.

Schut, 2014, Systems approaches to innovation in crop protection. A systematic literature review, Crop Prot., 56, 98, 10.1016/j.cropro.2013.11.017

Bell, 2009, The development, implementation and testing of a lameness control programme based on HACCP principles and designed for heifers on dairy farms, Vet. J., 180, 178, 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.05.020

Main, 2012, Evaluating an intervention to reduce lameness in dairy cattle, J. Dairy Sci., 95, 2946, 10.3168/jds.2011-4678

Main, 2012, Welfare outcomes assessment in laying hen farm assurance schemes, Anim. Welf., 21, 389, 10.7120/09627286.21.3.389

Ivemeyer, 2015, Farmers taking responsibility for herd health development—Stable schools in research and advisory activities as a tool for dairy health and welfare planning in Europe, Org. Agric., 5, 135, 10.1007/s13165-015-0101-y

Botha, 2014, Lessons on transdisciplinary research in a co-innovation programme in the New Zealand agricultural sector, Outlook Agric., 43, 219, 10.5367/oa.2014.0175

Hoffmann, 2007, Farmers and researchers: How can collaborative advantages be created in participatory research and technology development?, Agric. Hum. Values, 24, 355, 10.1007/s10460-007-9072-2

Knickel, 2009, Towards a better conceptual framework for innovation processes in agriculture and rural development: From linear models to systemic approaches, J. Agric. Educ. Ext., 15, 131, 10.1080/13892240902909064

SCAR (2013). Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems towards 2020—An Orientation Paper on Linking Innovation and Research, European Commission. Available online: https://scar-europe.org/images/AKIS/Documents/AKIS_towards_2020.pdf.

Ashby, J. (2018, October 15). What Do We Mean by Participatory Research in Agriculture?. Available online: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/55892.

EIP-AGRI (2018, October 23). Horizon 2020 Multi-Actor Projects. Available online: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/horizon-2020-multi-actor-projects-eip-agri-brochure.

Eurobarometer, 2005, Attitudes of consumers towards the welfare of farmed animals, Spec. Eurobarom., 229, 45

Nicol, 2013, The prevention and control of feather pecking: Application to commercial systems, World’s Poult. Sci. J., 69, 775, 10.1017/S0043933913000809

Weeks, 2012, Levels of mortality in hens by end of lay on farm and in transit to slaughter in Great Britain, Vet. Rec., 170, 647, 10.1136/vr.100728

Temple, G. (2014). Poultry handling and transport. Livestock Handling and Transport, CABI Publishing. [4th ed.]. Chapter 20.

Buller, 2017, Facilitating practice-led co-innovation for the improvement in animal welfare, Outlook Agric., 46, 131, 10.1177/0030727017707408

van Mierlo, B., Regeer, B., Van Amstel, M., Arkesteijn, M., Beekman, V., Bunders, J., de Cock Buning, T., Elzen, B., Hoes, A., and Leeuwis, C. (2010). Reflexive Monitoring in Action. A Guide for Monitoring System Innovation Projects, Communication and Innovation Studies, WUR. 9085855993.

Kleiner, A., and Roth, G. (1996). Field Manual for a Learning Historian, MIT Center for Organizational Learning and Reflection Learning Associates.

Wielinga, H.E., and Geerling-Eiff, F. (2009, January 15–19). Networks with free actors. Proceedings of the 19th European Seminar on Extension Education, Assisi, Perugia.

Wielinga, E., Zaalmink, W., Bergevoet, R., Geerling-Eiff, F., Holster, H., Hoogerwerf, L., Vrolijk, M., and Teenstra, E. (2008). Networks with Free Actors: Encouraging Sustainable Innovations Animal Husbandry by Using the FAN Approach (Free Actors in Networks): Networking is Sensing Opportunities!, Wageningen UR.

Klerkx, L., and Gildemacher, P. (2012). The Role of Innovation Brokers in Agricultural Innovation Systems. Agricultural Innovation Systems: An Investment Sourcebook, World Bank.

Kanter, R.M. (2000). When a thousand flowers bloom: Structural, collective, and social conditions for innovation in organization. Research in Organizational Behavior, Oxford University Press. Entrepreneurship: The social science view.

Chambers, R., Pacey, A., and Thrupp, L.A. (1989). Farmer First: Farmer Innovation and Agricultural Research, Intermediate Technology Publications.

van Dijk, L., Buller, H., MacAllister, L.K., Baker, P., Mul, M.F., Neijenhuis, F., Plomp, M., Wichman, A., Yngvesson, J., and Temple, D. (2017, January 4–7). Enabling Practice-driven Innovation in the Animal Production Sector. Proceedings of the 23rd European Seminar on Extension (and) Education, Chania, Greece.

Thông tin
Thông tin xuất bản

Animals

Tập 9 Số 1

24

Thông tin tác giả