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The agricultural innovation system: the knowledge issues in the Bulgarian agricultural sector

Author

Term

4. term

Publication year

2011

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Pages

78

Abstract

Dette projekt undersøger, hvordan viden bliver skabt og delt i den bulgarske landbrugssektor, og hvad der fremmer eller bremser innovation. Målet er at identificere muligheder og barrierer, der påvirker sektorens evne til at forny sig. Det peger på et bæredygtigt innovationssystem som en velegnet måde at forene udviklingen af en underudviklet sektor med hensynet til miljøet. Med et bæredygtigt innovationssystem menes samspil mellem aktører, regler og viden, der fremmer løsninger, som både styrker landbruget og mindsker miljøbelastningen. Derfor fremhæves behovet for øko-innovationer (nye produkter, processer eller praksisser, der reducerer negativ miljøpåvirkning) og for viden, der understøtter aktiviteter med et bæredygtigt sigte.

This project examines how knowledge is created and shared in Bulgaria's agricultural sector, and what helps or hinders innovation. The aim is to identify opportunities and barriers that shape the sector's capacity to innovate. It points to a sustainable innovation system as a suitable way to reconcile the development of an underdeveloped sector with environmental concerns. By a sustainable innovation system, it means the coordination of actors, rules, and knowledge to promote solutions that strengthen agriculture while reducing environmental harm. This highlights the need for eco-innovations (new products, processes, or practices that lower environmental impact) and for knowledge that supports sustainability-oriented activities.

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