This brief explores the definition of Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (AKIS) and the inventory of AKIS in Europe.
PRO AKIS
PRO AKIS - Prospects for Farmer's Support: Advisory Services in European AKIS - is a project that has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (FP7). PRO AKIS objectives were:
To develop a conceptual framework for the assessment of Agricultural knowledge and information systems (AKIS).
To provide an inventory of AKIS institutions and interactions in the EU-27 as a searchable database.
To investigate challenges in case studies around small-scale farmers’ access to relevant and reliable knowledge, bridging scientific research topics and farmers’ demands, and offering appropriate support for diverse rural actors that form networks around innovations in agriculture and rural areas.
To reveal successes, strengths and weaknesses of the specific knowledge systems through comparative analyses and assessments of these case studies.
To develop policy recommendations for strengthening European agricultural innovation systems.
Areas of activity:
Research
policy research
knowledge management
Information Sharing
agricultural knowledge and information systems (AKIS)
Focus of Capacity Development:
Individual
Organizational
Institutional
Resources from this Organisation
Publication year
2015
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This short presentation, prepared for the 22nd European Seminar on Extension and Education (ESEE) in Wageningen (29 April 2015), summarizes the SOLINSA (Support Of Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture) project and its objectives and describes the three features to enhance
Publication year
2015
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This report has the aim of contributing to the PRO AKIS overall goal of exploring and identifying the possibilities, conditions and requirements of rural networks to enhance the farmers’ ability to create, test, implement and evaluate innovation in cooperation with other actors.In particular, the
Publication year
2014
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The present case study investigated a policy-induced agricultural innovation network in Brandenburg.
Publication year
2014
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The report synthesises the research conducted under the PRO AKIS project for the topic "Designing, implementing and maintaining agricultural/rural networks to enhance farmers’ ability to innovate in cooperation with other rural actors".
Publication year
2015
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This report explores the role of rural networks in enhancing innovation processes, questioning the features of the agricultural/rural networks could enhance farmers’ ability to co-innovate in cooperation with other actors.
Publication year
2015
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The aim of this document is to produce a state-of-the-art of the academic literature in order to identify theories and concepts available for: a) describing the structure, the dynamics and the functioning of agricultural advisory services; b) understanding how these services are embedded into nat
Publication year
2013
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