Following its final online conference, the AgriLink project officially comes to an end this month, leaving behind a legacy of useful tools and information. The project, dedicated to ‘Linking farmers, advisers and researchers to boost innovation’, has produced 86 practice abstracts, with another 12 due to come, and also offers a free online course for advisers focused on creating innovative agricultural advisory services through a Living Lab.
The course has been developed based on the experience of the six Living Labs established by AgriLink partners in Italy, Latvia, Norway, Romania, Spain and The Netherlands/Belgium and is being hosted by the Open University. It begins with an introduction to the concept of Living Labs before explaining in detail the principles, approaches and tools used by AgriLink’s Living Labs.
“A unique feature of the course is that it is based directly upon the experiences of the people involved in designing, developing and/or participating in the AgriLink Living Labs,” explains the project website. “This will enable you to judge for yourself the skills, resources and capacities needed to start and run your own Living Lab for a more sustainable agriculture.
“The course is focused on explaining how Living Labs can contribute to the provision of innovative agricultural advisory services, describe the AgriLink approach to Living Labs and interpret and apply design thinking and systems thinking methods and tools. Also, a part of the sessions will address how to assess and develop your facilitation practices, including running a blended learning course using the Living Lab Trainers’ Handbook and understanding how to monitor and evaluate the operation and outcomes of a Living Lab.
“For the practical part, it will be a great help to know how to actually plan your own approach to establishing a Living Lab to provide an innovative agricultural advisory service.”
Practice abstracts are short summaries of practical information or recommendations that have been observed or developed during Horizon 2020 projects. They are generally aimed at farmers, farm advisers and other related practitioners, but can also be interesting, accessible and understandable to a broader audience.
AgriLink currently offers 86 practice abstracts which can be downloaded as pdfs. They can be searched by country, key word or work package. The titles listed below are designed to give a taste of the kind of practice abstracts that may be of interest to ENDURE users:
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