What was the challenge/problem addressed?
A group of farmers in the province of Drenthe is working according to the circular farming principles. They’re facing the boundaries of the system of regulation and the agricultural policy of the government. They would like to offer new possibilities to optimize regulation in combination with pilots for practical challenges.
What are the success factors in solving the problem?
Involvement of farmers in the pilot
What were the main challenges during the innovation process?
translate practical knowledge to complex regulation/policy
What role does the advisor or advisory service play with the practical case?
Knowledge awareness and exchange, Advisory, consultancy and backstopping aimed at solving complex problems, to be provided during the innovation process and based on demands of actors and the co-construction of solutions, Demand articulation, to allow actors to have access to new ideas, identify their needs, define their objectives and express clear demands to other actors, Networking facilitation and brokerage, to help organize or strengthen networks, improve the relationships between key actors and to align services in order to be able to complement each other, Capacity building, aimed at increasing innovation actors’ capacities in order to play their roles in the innovation process
For sharing experience of the practical case, please contact
Daan Heurkens
daan@boerenverstand.nl 0610443157