Welche Herausforderung/Problem wurde angesprochen??

Im 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, etc.

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 .

Wie hast du das Problem gelöst?

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, Marketing, operating chainsaws, etc. und, e

Was ist in Ihrem Praxisfall innovativ?

Im 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

Was sind die Erfolgsfaktoren bei der Lösung des Problems?

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

Gewonnene Erkenntnisse

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.

Welche Rolle spielt der Berater bzw. die Beratungsdienstleistung im Praxisfall??

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 (Feuer).

Teagasc provided independent , objective advice at all stages through individua

Kann Ihr Ansatz auf andere Innovationsherausforderungen und -regionen übertragen und/oder angepasst werden??

Ja

Geschätzte Übertragbarkeit auf einer Skala von 1 zu 5

(wo 1 ist einfach und 5 sehr schwierig)

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Für den Austausch der Erfahrungen mit der guten Praxis, Für alle Fragen und Anfragen zu den kommenden Excellence-Klassen

DR. Kathryn O’Donoghue

kodonoghue@focs.ie 00353 86 343 5164

Link zu externen Informationen

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)