14th ERDN Conference: Knowledge sharing and innovation in agriculture and rural areas

2016-11-16

14th European Rural Development Network Conference

Knowledge sharing and innovation in agriculture and rural areas

Budapest, 3-5 October 2016

Almost 80 participants representing 36 institutions from 13 countries met in Budapest during 14th ERDN Conference: Knowledge sharing and innovation in agriculture and rural areas.

Background

The European Union (EU) has introduced new policy instruments such as the EIP-Agri and multi-actor partnerships in an attempt to stimulate innovation in agriculture. In addition, Leader has been replaced by the multi-funded Community-Led Local Development approach. These initiatives are being implemented across the EU despite the great variety of agricultural and rural circumstances, and in particular the continuing differences between post-socialist Member States and other parts of the EU in terms of farm structure, social attitudes and so on. The 14th ERDN conference in Budapest was the most intensive effort to date by the network to engage fully with researchers across the EU (and beyond) to discuss following issues: Can programmes that have primarily been developed from a western EU perspective ever be successfully implemented in the eastern EU or is a different approach needed? Although it is still rather early to assess the degree of success in the implementation of the new approaches, the debate on the possible shape of EU innovation policy post-2020 has already started. Thus it is not too soon for researchers and policy makers in eastern central Europe to share their experiences and ideas on how knowledge sharing and innovation can best be encouraged in agriculture and rural areas of the eastern EU, and in the V4 countries in particular, in order to influence the post-2020 agenda.

The conference programme included also a workshop organised by the EU FP7 project VALERIE (Valorising European Research for Innovation in Agriculture and Forestry). Check Valerie workshop programme.

ERDN 2016 Conference Policy brief by dr. Andrew Fieldsend

Book of Abstracts

Conference Agenda

Scientific committee:

Szabolcs Biró, Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Hungary
Paweł Chmieliński, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics – NRI, Poland
Věra Majerová, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Katalin Katonáné Kovács, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Monica Tudor, Institute of Agricultural Economics – Romanian Academy, Romania
Jiří Sálus, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Radovan Savov, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia
Barbara Wieliczko, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics – NRI, Poland

Organising committee (AKI – Research Institute of Agricultural Economics):

Andrew Fieldsend
Szalay-Tóth Judit
Szabó Gábor
Menyhárt Csaba

List of Institutions represented by Conference participants:

1. Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
2. ADAS UK Ltd, Gleadthorpe, UK
3. Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
4. Austrian Chamber of Agriculture, Vienna, Austria
5. CCRI, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK
6. Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
7. Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
8. Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Rome, Italy
9. Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
10. Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
11. FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, Budapest, Hungary
12. Federal Institute for Less Favoured and Mountainous Areas, Vienna, Austria
13. Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Vienna, Austria
14. Groupe de Bruges, Wageningen, The Netherlands
15. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pécs, Hungary
16. Institute for Agricultural Policy and Market Research, Gießen, Germany
17. Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics – NRI, Warsaw, Poland
18. Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Prague, Czech Republic
19. Institute of Geography, Slavak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
20. Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, PAS, Warsaw, Poland
21. It-objects GmbH, Essen, Germany
22. Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden
23. Les Instituts Techniques Agricoles, Paris, France
24. MAAF / DGER, Paris, France
25. Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
26. Menter a Busnes, Aberystwyth, UK
27. Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary
28. Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Budapest, Hungary
29. Romanian Academy - Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bucharest, Romania
30. Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia
31. Szent István University, Gödöllö, Hungary
32. University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj Napoca, Romania
33. University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
34. University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
35. University of West Hungary, Sopron, Hungary
36. Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands