Széchenyi István University has more than 60 članov v svoji mreži predstavitvenih kmetij, kot so kmetje, finančne institucije, podjetja živilske industrije, raziskovalni inštituti, ekološki kmetje, in velike kmetije. V zadnjih letih, odprtost in pripravljenost na sodelovanje med demo kmetijami, univerza, in drugi regionalni akterji AKIS so upadali.
Za obvladovanje tega izziva, načrtovali smo vzpostavitev pilotnih diskusij (delno temelji na mreži demo kmetij univerze) kjer regionalni akterji AKIS (raziskovalci, svetovalci, kmetijska zbornica, bančni sektor, agromediji) imeli priložnost razpravljati o izzivih in iskati soustvarjane odgovore. Po ustvarjanju vzdušja zaupanja z interaktivnimi vajami, voditelji so prikazali kriterije za vgrajevanje inovacij, in udeleženci so vadili učinkovito sodelovanje kot a “živi laboratorij.”
The main topic of the discussion groups was the identification of research directions based on farmers/market needs (bottom-up). We considered it decisive that researchers and university lecturers were also involved in the discussion group, so they were closer to the market, they could establish professional relationships of trust, and as a result, innovations were integrated more effectively into practice.
Advisors who were aware of the i2connect mindset were important players in the discussions. As a continuation of the pilot project, our goal was for these advisors to create new discussion groups and to expand and strengthen the spread of interactive innovations.
Since the advisors were part of the pilot project, they could witness the impact of this type of meeting, and as a result, some of them have already organized meetings for various AKIS actors. We have received very positive feedback on these events.
