Kāds bija risinājums/problēma?
Leitrim is a very rural part of Ireland with lots of small drystock farms who are elderly and /or working off farm. They traditionally farm sheep and beef cows at low stocking rates. The land is relatively poor in quality and suffers from high rainfall, so short grazing season and longer winters. As a consequence big areas of the farmland have been planted over the last 40 years with commercial forestry and this has impacted on the viability and sustainably of rural communities. Advisors and farmers have improved the quality and productivity of the remaining drystock farms but are keen to adopt new enterprises or systems that are more economically viable and fit better with elderly or part farm operators. One advisor (Tom Coll) has worked with these farmers and helped them to set up a contract rearing service group. This group is facilitated by the advisor who helps them to take in young calves form larger dairy farms and rear them to an agreed age where they are taken back to their farm of origin. There were many reservations a first by the farmers, but as a group the farmers worked with the advisor and others to ensure that the service was of high quality and offered a fair and valued option to both the dairy farmer and the contract rearing farm. The group works as a discussion group and promotes its service through the advisory service network. Contract rearing groups have been setup by other advisors in other regions and are supported by a wider pool of Teagasc research and specialist staff. https://www.teagasc.ie/publications/2020/contract-heifer-rearing.php
Kādi ir veiksmes faktori problēmas risināšanā?
Interest of the farmers in changing
Trust in the advisor
Group peer to peer support
Support from the wider advisory and research community
Kādi bija galvenie izaicinājumi inovācijas procesa laikā?
At this stage the demand for the service from dairy farms is not growing fast enough.
Kāda loma ir konsultantam vai konsultatīvajam dienestam ar praktisko lietu?
Zināšanu izpratne un apmaiņa, Padomdevējs, Konsultācijas un aizkavēšanās, kuru mērķis ir sarežģītās problēmas risināt, jānodrošina inovācijas procesa laikā un balstās uz dalībnieku prasībām un risinājumu līdzsaturēšanu, Pieprasīt artikulāciju, ļaut aktieriem piekļūt jaunām idejām, identificēt viņu vajadzības, definēt viņu mērķus un izteikt skaidras prasības citiem dalībniekiem, Tīkla atvieglošana un starpniecība, Lai palīdzētu organizēt vai stiprināt tīklus, uzlabot attiecības starp galvenajiem dalībniekiem un saskaņot pakalpojumus, lai varētu papildināt viens otru, Spēju veidošana, Mērķis ir palielināt inovāciju dalībnieku spējas, lai spēlētu savas lomas inovāciju procesā, Piekļuves atvieglošana jauniem tīkliem un aktieriem, Inovācijas palielināšana, lai palielinātu plašāku grupu uzņemšanu
Lai dalītos praktiskā gadījuma pieredzē, lūdzu sazinieties
Tom Coll
tom.coll@teagasc.ie