How Dynamics of Learning are Linked to Innovation Support Services: Insights from a Smallholder Commercialization Project in Kenya

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine W. Kilelu ◽  
Laurens Klerkx ◽  
Cees Leeuwis
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Innovation Support

scholarly journals Competencies for Agricultural Advisors in Innovation Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Charlotte Lybaert ◽  
Lies Debruyne ◽  
Eva Kyndt ◽  
Fleur Marchand
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Training Materials ◽  
Technical Basis ◽  
Innovation Support

The expectation that agricultural advisors will facilitate Interactive Innovation is accompanied by novel expectations for their competency profile. In addition to their traditional technical basis, advisors are now expected to organise multi-actor processes, facilitate learning, mediate conflict, etc. Innovation support services are inherently diverse. To date, no precise list of competencies required by agricultural advisors to support Interactive Innovation has been defined. To form the basis for a competency profile, we examine the competencies currently being expected from an agricultural advisor. This suggested profile, developed in the context of the H2020 i2connect project, is based on a literature review, semi-structured interviews with co-creation experts, and an online validation workshop. We explore five themes: (a) basic disposition and attitude, (b) content competence, (c) methodological competence, (d) organisational competence, and (e) reflection, learning, and personal development. In practice, the profile can be used as either a tool for setting up co-creation processes or as the foundation for the development of new training materials. We conclude with a recommendation to create teams of advisors rather than relying on individuals, as a team is more likely to comprise the diversity of required competencies.

scholarly journals How to Strengthen Innovation Support Services in Agriculture with Regard to Multi-Stakeholder Approaches

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Faure ◽  
Andrea Knierim ◽  
Alex Koutsouris ◽  
Hycenth Tim Ndah ◽  
Sarah Audouin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Innovation Support

Knowledge transfer and innovation adoption in women farmers

2020 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-336
Author(s):  
Marcello De Rosa ◽  
Luca Bartoli ◽  
Chrysanthi Charatsari ◽  
Evagelos Lioutas
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Italian Women ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Innovation Support

PurposeThe study aims to analyse patterns of innovation adoption among Italian female-owned farms, by evaluating the impact of innovation support services and entrepreneurial orientation on innovation adoption.Design/methodology/approachTo explore both the entrepreneurial identity of women farmers and the role of innovation support services in boosting innovation, a questionnaire was administered to a sample of Italian women farmers. A multivariate analysis lets to classify the farms under the previous two perspectives.FindingsThe analysis reveals various patterns of innovation adoption, heavily depending on both the effectiveness of innovation support services and farmers' entrepreneurial orientation.Research limitations/implicationsThe research analyses a sample of women farmers to excavate worlds of innovation among female-owned farms. Cross-gender comparisons can offer a more complete picture of the ways gender catalyses innovation adoption.Practical implicationsAt a policy level, the results of our empirical analysis point out the need for gendering innovation analysis and for tailoring policy interventions to the different worlds of innovation that exist in rural Italy.Social implicationsThe paper confirms the importance of deepening research on gender issues, with the purpose of fulfilling gender mainstreaming underlined in numerous policy documents at both the European and international levels.Originality/valueThe analysis represents a first attempt to join both the entrepreneurial identity of women farmers and the role of innovation support services in boosting innovation. Therefore, the paper fills a gap in the literature.

scholarly journals Segmentation Techniques for Innovation Support Services

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteban Pelayo Villarejo ◽  
Antoni Pastor Juste ◽  
Jakub Kruszelnicki
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Big Data Analysis ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Development Agencies ◽  
Innovation Support

AbstractSegmentation of clients is a strategy widely used by companies and marketing units to sell their process. However, this concept is not so well established and widespread in public agencies supporting SME innovation. What are the benefits of designing advanced segmentation strategies for development agencies? Economic development practitioners agree that it’s necessary to provide customised innovation services to companies to get a greater impact. This paper presents how nine development agencies from seven European countries carry out their segmentation strategies to provide tailored initiatives of SMEs’ innovation support. The analysis also identifies common challenges RDA face, and how introducing Big Data Analysis can help them enhance innovation support in their regions.

A Typology of Caregiving Situations and Service Use in Family Carers of Older People in Six European Countries

GeroPsych ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirko Di Rosa ◽  
Christopher Kofahl ◽  
Kevin McKee ◽  
Barbara Bień ◽  
Giovanni Lamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Service Use ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Typology Of Care

This paper presents the EUROFAMCARE study findings, examining a typology of care situations for family carers of older people, and the interplay of carers with social and health services. Despite the complexity of family caregiving situations across Europe, our analyses determined the existence of seven “caregiving situations,” varying on a range of critical indicators. Our study also describes the availability and use of different support services for carers and care receivers, and carers’ preferences for the characteristics of support services. Our findings have relevance for policy initiatives in Europe, where limited resources need to be more equitably distributed and services should be targeted to caregiving situations reflecting the greatest need, and organized to reflect the preferences of family carers.

Associations Between Informal Caregivers’ Burden and Educational Level

GeroPsych ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Oedekoven ◽  
Katja Amin-Kotb ◽  
Paul Gellert ◽  
Klaus Balke ◽  
Adelheid Kuhlmey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Loss Of Self ◽  
Perceived Burden ◽  
Result Show ◽  
Care Situation

Abstract. We investigated the association between the education of informal caregivers’ (IC) and their physical and mental burden. We hypothesized that better-educated IC would have more resources available to manage the care situation and as a result show lower perceived burden. We conducted a population survey of 6,087 German residents aged 18+ years, 966 of whom reported to be IC. Results show that IC felt more often mentally than physically burdened. In the multivariate analyses, higher-educated IC did not have lower odds of feeling physically burdened than lower-educated IC, though they did have increased odds of feeling mentally burdened. The higher perceived mental burden of higher-educated IC may be related to fear of loss of self-fulfilment and autonomy. Support services should consider the mental burden of higher-educated IC and tailor their interventions accordingly.

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