Qual è stata la sfida/problema affrontato?
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
Come hai risolto il 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 a 12 demonstration farms that were implementing best practice in their dairy calf to beef enterprises throu
Cosa c'è di innovativo nel tuo pratico caso?
• Monthly Teagasc articles in the Farming Independent (a national agri newspaper with a very large readership) a partire dal 2015 a 2018 on different topics that influence the profitability of dairy calf to beef systems.
• 3 – 4 farm walks per annum on participat
Quali sono i fattori di successo nella risoluzione del 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
Lezioni imparate
– 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.
Che ruolo gioca il consulente o il servizio di consulenza nel caso pratico??
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
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
Pearse kelly
pearse.kelly@teagasc.ie
Collegamento a informazioni esterne
https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/beef/demonstration-farms/previous-programmes/green-acres-calf-to-beef/