Qual è stata la sfida/problema affrontato?
Lack of Business Model tailored for Farmers to give young farmers a formal role the decision making and running of the farm business. The model could also be used for farmers to construct a robust business model to amalgamate to businesses to improve viability, labour availability and achieve scale where relevant.
Come hai risolto il problema?
By creating a template legal agreement, national register, and quality standard for Farm Partnerships. A strong promotion campaign was also adopted including written media, radio, TV and testimonial videos. Teagasc engaged in research to uncover feedback
Cosa c'è di innovativo nel tuo pratico caso?
Creation of a bespoke template legal agreement to underpin farm partnerships and ensure that farmers set up a partnership that would function well from a legal and taxation perspective while also providing a robust process to dissolve the partnership and
Quali sono i fattori di successo nella risoluzione del problema?
Engagement with Farmers, Dept. of Agriculture, Revenue, Farm Organisations and engaging a reputable solicitor and accountant. Creating an independent technical specialist role to focus on and drive the initiative.
Lezioni imparate
To drive a process forward, you need a specialist advisor who is highly motivated, passionate about the benefits and focuses on solutions to challenges that arise while having the autonomy in their role to devote the time to the process.
Che ruolo gioca il consulente o il servizio di consulenza nel caso pratico??
The advisor and the advisory service plays a critical role in promoting the benefits to farmers to take up the partnership model. They must receive training from the specialist advisor to be competent in promoting the model and supporting farmers with the
Il tuo approccio può essere trasferito e/o adattato per altre sfide e regioni dell'innovazione??
sì
Trasferibilità stimata su una scala da 1 a 5
(dove 1 è facile e 5 molto difficile)
1
La tempistica è fondamentale per terminare il raccolto di copertura e la disponibilità di piegatrici a rulli potrebbe rappresentare un collo di bottiglia, Per qualsiasi domanda e richiesta sulle prossime classi di eccellenza
Ruth Fennell
ruth.fennell@teagasc.ie
Collegamento a informazioni esterne
www.teagasc.ie