Innovation and learning in agriculture

Innovation is a complex process, based on interactive network learning and processes of trial and error on the shop floor. Small companies, such as in agriculture, are depending on external knowledge infrastructures for effective innovation. Within small companies, the entrepreneur has a pivotal rol...

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Published in:Journal of European industrial training 2002-08, Vol.26 (6), p.283-291
Main Author: Nieuwenhuis, Loek F.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural education
Agricultural Occupations
Agricultural policy
Agriculture
Case studies
Educational Technology
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Farmers
Incentives
Infrastructure
Innovation
Innovations
Knowledge
Learning
Learning Processes
Logical Thinking
Organizational learning
Protectionism
Small business
Studies
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Summary:Innovation is a complex process, based on interactive network learning and processes of trial and error on the shop floor. Small companies, such as in agriculture, are depending on external knowledge infrastructures for effective innovation. Within small companies, the entrepreneur has a pivotal role in the innovative process: the entrepreneur is the professional learner. Learning and innovation as major parts of entrepreneurship are central to this contribution. How do farmers learn and innovate within a market-led, high-tech agricultural sector and what should governmental policy look like to support and facilitate innovation, avoiding the pitfall of protectionism? Two case studies are presented: one on linear innovation policy and one on learning processes of farmers. Innovative learning is balancing between the chaos of uncertainty and the old grooves of experience. Knowing how to escape this paradox forms the core competence of innovative entrepreneurship.
ISSN:0309-0590
2046-9012
1758-7425
2046-9020
DOI:10.1108/03090590210431256