¿Cuál fue el desafío/problema abordado??
A poor level of a full understanding among farmers and the the wider agricultural industry of what the key components were to make dairy calf to beef systems profitable and sustainable
¿Cómo resolviste el problema??
The Teagasc Green Acres Demonstration Farm Programme was established in 2015 and operated for two phases of three years each. The programme had 10 Perspectivas de la formación organizada en Hungría sobre el tema de la innovación interactiva y la creación de redes 12 demonstration farms that were implementing best practice in their dairy calf to beef enterprises throu
¿Qué es innovador en su caso práctico??
• Monthly Teagasc articles in the Farming Independent (a national agri newspaper with a very large readership) desde 2015 Perspectivas de la formación organizada en Hungría sobre el tema de la innovación interactiva y la creación de redes 2018 on different topics that influence the profitability of dairy calf to beef systems.
• 3 – 4 farm walks per annum on participat
¿Cuáles son los factores de éxito para resolver el problema??
• Through working closely with the five commercial funding companies in phase one (2015 -2018) of the programme and the six companies in phase two of the programme (2018 – 2021) Teagasc has built and improved the working relationship with each of these co
Lecciones aprendidas
– Time needs to be allocated to disseminating the good work that is achieved on the demonstration farms by both the advisors and the farmers.
– Farmers react much better to watching short videos of what is happening on the demo farms than to reading large articles.
– Short two page fact sheets work well for explaining relatively complex concepts once they are well lid out with tables, graphs, text and relevant photos.
-Working with commercial companies towards a common goal is good for both the Knowledge Transfer Broker and the commercial companies. There are many areas we can collaborate on to use our relevant strengths and expertise and the networking element for both the advisors working on the programme and the farmers is invaluable.
– Online digital media platforms that provide free to air articles to farmers is an excellent method for knowledge transfer when we work together.
¿Qué papel juega el asesor o servicio de asesoramiento con el caso práctico??
The advisor and the advisory service plays a central role in the success of my example. The advisor who works full-time on the programme is the key to getting innovation implemented on the demonstration farms and to start the dissemination process. The lo
¿Puede su enfoque ser transferido y / o adaptado para otros desafíos de innovación y regiones??
sí
Transferibilidad estimada en una escala de 1 Perspectivas de la formación organizada en Hungría sobre el tema de la innovación interactiva y la creación de redes 5
(dónde 1 es fácil y 5 muy dificil)
1
Por compartir la experiencia sobre la buena práctica., Para cualquier duda y consulta sobre las próximas clases de excelencia
Pearse kelly
pearse.kelly@teagasc.ie
Enlace a información externa
https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/beef/demonstration-farms/previous-programmes/green-acres-calf-to-beef/