Identifying the actors’ interactions within an agricultural innovation system towards sustainability. The case of a French cluster for agritech innovation. Rizzo, D., Fourati, F., Ceapraz, L., Ostapchuk, M., Radrianasolo, H., Combaud, A., Jaber, M., & Dubois, M. In International workshop on System Innovation towards Sustainable Agriculture, Riga, Latvia.
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In this paper we aim at identifying the actors’ interactions within an agricultural innovation system and their relevance for the transition towards sustainability. The paper builds upon available scientific concepts and approaches for the description and the evaluation of system innovation, such as, the geography of innovation and proximity measures, the actor network theory, the role of prescribers and boundary actors and elements, and the learning and experimentation strategy. We focus on a French agricultural cluster (“pôle territorial” in French) for agritech innovation and digital farming, recently launched in the Hauts-the-France region (northern France). First, we address the description of the actors and stakeholders involved in the cluster, their role as system builders and the involvement of practitioners in the research and development activities for sustainability transition. Then, we propose a characterization of the stakeholders’ missions and the role of their innovation goals to support the transition towards sustainable agriculture. The cluster and our scientific observation are planned to last several years, so we conclude by drawing the major challenges ahead.
@inproceedings{rizzo_identifying_nodate,
	address = {Riga, Latvia},
	title = {Identifying the actors’ interactions within an agricultural innovation system towards sustainability. {The} case of a {French} cluster for agritech innovation.},
	copyright = {All rights reserved},
	abstract = {In this paper we aim at identifying the actors’ interactions within an agricultural innovation system and their relevance for the transition towards sustainability. The paper builds upon available scientific concepts and approaches for the description and the evaluation of system innovation, such as, the geography of innovation and proximity measures, the actor network theory, the role of prescribers and boundary actors and elements, and the learning and experimentation strategy. We focus on a French agricultural cluster (“pôle territorial” in French) for agritech innovation and digital farming, recently launched in the Hauts-the-France region (northern France). First, we address the description of the actors and stakeholders involved in the cluster, their role as system builders and the involvement of practitioners in the research and development activities for sustainability transition. Then, we propose a characterization of the stakeholders’ missions and the role of their innovation goals to support the transition towards sustainable agriculture. The cluster and our scientific observation are planned to last several years, so we conclude by drawing the major challenges ahead.},
	booktitle = {International workshop on {System} {Innovation} towards {Sustainable} {Agriculture}},
	author = {Rizzo, Davide and Fourati, Fatma and Ceapraz, Lucian and Ostapchuk, Mariia and Radrianasolo, Hanitra and Combaud, Anne and Jaber, Mehdi and Dubois, Michel}
}

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