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Living Labs as an Approach to Strengthen Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems

Jorieke Potters, Kevin Collins, H.B. Schoorlemmer, Egil Petter Stræte, Emīls Ķīlis, Andy Lane, Héloïse Leloup · 2022 · EuroChoices

Summary. Living Labs bring together farmers, businesses, and public agencies to co-create and test agricultural innovations. This study evaluated six Living Labs across Europe from 2018 to 2021 and identified four critical conditions for success: the challenge must be appropriately complex, the enabling environment must support collaboration, facilitation must be skilled, and participants must maintain momentum. These findings help policymakers and practitioners design more effective Living Labs for sustainable farming.

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Potters, J., Collins, K., Schoorlemmer, H., Stræte, E. P., Ķīlis, E., Lane, A., & Leloup, H.. (2022). Living Labs as an Approach to Strengthen Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems. EuroChoices. https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.12342

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DOI
10.1111/1746-692x.12342
Countries
Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain
Regions
Europe
Categories
agtech, innovation-networks, regional-innovation-systems
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2026-04-28