Title: Diffusion of innovation and knowledge in agriculture

The XXIX EURAGRI Conference was held 27-29 September 2015 in Luxembourg.

E-BOOK LUXEMBOURG 2015:

“DIFFUSION AND TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE IN AGRICULTURE”

• Introduction – Innovation in the agri-food system and the bioeconomy
• Preface – Diffusion and transfer of knowledge in agriculture
• Promotion
• Chapter 1 – Sustainable agriculture, forestry and fisheries: a challenge for Europe
• Chapter 2 – Sustainability as innovation: challenges and perspectives in measurement and implementation
• Chapter 3 – Contributions of the social sciences and humanities to the bioeconomy implications for agriculture and food
• Chapter 4 – Food value chains: a challenge for innovation
• Chapter 5 – Obstacles to the diffusion of innovation in the agricultural sector
• Chapter 6 – Confrontation of knowledge transfer models between advanced innovation systems and post socialist regions in Central Europe
• Chapter 7 – Agricultural knowledge chain – Examples from SLU, Alnarp, Sweden
• Chapter 8 – New strategic approaches for promoting the diffusion of innovations within the horticultural sector
• Conclusion

PROGRAMME

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CONTRIBUTIONS:

• Lena Ekelund – Agricultural Knowledge Chain Examples from Alnarp, Sweden
• Michel Griffon – Sustainable agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the bioeconomy
• Kevin O’Connor – Bioeconomy: a perspective on the Biobased Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU)
• Nichlas Rüffer – Techniques and methods of knowledge transfer in post socialist central Europe
• Martin Scholten – Fostering Knowledge Based Innovation
• Monika Schreiner – Strategic approaches for innovation diffusion
• Uno Svedin – The social science and the humanities contribution to the bio-economy, agro and food considerations
• Vera Bitsch – Sustainability as Innovation: Challenges and Perspectives in Measurement and Implementation

The XXX EURAGRI Conference was held 25-27 September 2015 in Tartu.

E-BOOK TARTU 2016:

BIOECONOMY CHALLENGES AND IMPLEMENTATION – THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS’ PERSPECTIVE

• Introduction – Bioeconomy challenges and implementation: the European research organisations’ perspective
• Chapter 1 – Bioeconomy, food and nutrition security
• Chapter 2 – Education for complex problem solving
• Chapter 3 – Opportunities and challenges in implementing a bioeconomy strategy: the university perspective
• Chapter 4 – Innovative education for the biobased economy
• Chapter 5 – The role and impact of university research on the bioeconomy in Romania
• Chapter 6 – Restructuring research institutions in view of emerging trends in agricultural research and the bioeconomy
• Chapter 7 –  Unleashing regional bioeconomy potential: the BioEconomy Regional Strategy Toolkit
• Chapter 8 – Innovation and social sciences and humanities in agricultural research
• Conclusion

PROGRAMME:

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CONTRIBUTIONS:

• Welcome address by the European Commission – Mr Thomas Arnold, DG Research & Innovation
• Reflections on opportunities and challenges in implementing a bio-economy strategy – a life sciences university’s perspective – Ülle Jaakma, Vice-rector, Estonian University of Life Sciences
• Big data in agriculture: consequences for research and research organizations – Christian Huyghe, INRA
• Teagasc Technology Foeresight 2035 Report – Gerry Boyle, Teagasc
• Interdisciplinary in higher education for the bio-economy – Gerlinde van Vilsteren, Centre for bio-based Economy, University Wageningen
• Research institutional restructuring – Markku Järvenpää, National Resources Institute, Finland
• Reconciliation and trade-offs, productivity – ecosystem services – Hervé Guyomard, INRA
• Experience in growing of woody biomass from plantations – R&D and practice – Mindaugas Šilininkas, R&D Euromediena 
• The role and the impact of university research on the bio-economy – Prof. Dr. Cosmin Salasan, Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania”, Faculty of Agricultural Management, Romania
• Untapping regional bioeconomy potentials with BERST toolkit – functionalities and limitations – Prof. Luka Juvančič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Myrna van Leeuwen, Wageningen Economic Research, Holland.

HOST

Estonian Ministry for Rural Affairs and the University of Life Sciences, Tartu

VENUE

Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu