Какво беше адресираното предизвикателство/проблем?

В 2006, John Casey, Teagasc forestry development officer, initiated a series of meetings and field days to discuss with mainly farmers the establishment of forest owner producer groups in the West Cork region of Ireland.

The general consensus was that the formation of producer groups was key to overcoming many of the obstacles that forest owners encountered including lack of market awareness, low forest management skills, small individual forestry plantations, и т.н..

Many farmers were first generation forest owners and were coming from a low knowledge base. Capacity building could be enhanced by developing both economies of scale and a forest culture amongst these owners .

Как решихте проблема?

The West Cork Forestry Group was formed in 2009 from two existing start-up producer groups. The initial focus was on building capacity amongst the forest owners through a series of courses on timber measurement, маркетинг, operating chainsaws, и т.н.. и, продукти

Какво е иновативно във вашия практически случай?

В 2018, Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) launched the forestry Knowledge Transfer Group (KTG) programme, the main aim of which is to broaden the knowledge level of forestry topics amongst farm forest owners.

FOCS was to th

Какви са факторите за успех при решаването на проблема?

The greatest factor in the the successful establishment and ongoing development of the Forest Owners Co-Operative Society (FOCS) has been the long term commitment of key members. The active involvement of these members had lead to a substantial knowledge

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Scale matters- whether it securing services from timber contractors, organising harvesting or achieving certification.

Without sufficient knowledge, farm forest owners are more likely to be price takers, instead of price makers.

Organisation capacity and a funding structure are essential- long term growth and development require more that part-time administration.

Каква роля играе съветникът или консултантската служба с практическия случай?

The Teagasc forestry advisory service was critical to the genesis and development of the groups that led to the establishment of the Forest Owners Co-Operative Society (FOCS).

Teagasc provided independent , objective advice at all stages through individua

Може ли вашият подход да бъде прехвърлен и/или адаптиран за други иновационни предизвикателства и региони?

Да

Приблизителна възможност за прехвърляне в скала от 1 да се 5

(където 1 е лесно и 5 много трудно)

2

За споделяне на опит от добрата практика, Моля свържете се

Д-р. Kathryn O’Donoghue

kodonoghue@focs.ie 00353 86 343 5164

Линк към външна информация

https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/publications/2019/Forestry—Investing-in-forestry-knowledge.pdf

https://issuu.com/dawn_media/docs/1_2023 (pages 22-23)