Living labs of farming in the framework of the contemporary quadruple helix model of innovation: foreign experience

Issue № 2, 2024, article № 11, pages 102-113

Section: ABROAD

Language: Russian

Original language title: «ЖИВЫЕ ЛАБОРАТОРИИ» ФЕРМЕРСТВА В СОВРЕМЕННОЙ МОДЕЛИ ЧЕТЫРЕХЗВЕННОЙ СПИРАЛИ ИННОВАЦИЙ: ЗАРУБЕЖНЫЙ ОПЫТ

Keywords: OPEN INNOVATION, LIVING LABS CONCEPT, CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE CANADA, INTERDISCIPLINARITY

Abstract: The application of the new innovative practice of «Living Laboratories» within the framework of the concept of «Open Innovation» is analyzed on the example of agriculture in Canada. In modern scientific literature, the definition of «living laboratories» is defined by the field of interdisciplinary research, which is a practical example of the functioning of the model of a four-link spiral of innovation. It is clarified that living laboratories are projects or objects of scientific and industrial infrastructure based on the systematic involvement of: Business communities, State participation bodies, Science and Education Organizations and civil society like Citizens Users who actively engage in the innovation process in the conditions of modern realities. It is noted that living laboratories are guided in their work by the principles of open innovation, the active involvement of their own corporate scientific research, innovations and competencies from the outside, for the study, creation, use, testing and evaluation of innovations in real conditions. This approach is relatively new in the context of promoting sustainable agriculture but has already proven itself well in many other areas, such as information and communication technologies. The key role in the innovation process within the framework of open innovations is assigned to their users, in this case farmers. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the experience of using «live laboratories» in the agricultural sector of Canada in the context of promoting sustainable agriculture and new opportunities for farmers as key participants in innovation activities in «live laboratories» projects. In the work, this type of agricultural industry laboratories is proposed to be called «agroecological living laboratories». Based on the review of modern literature on innovations, the key principles of the work of agroecological living laboratories, their indicators and characteristics are determined. An overview of existing case projects is also presented, and the expected results of climate change are shown. The presented review will be of interest to researchers and practitioners dealing with interdisciplinary issues and innovation activities.

Authors: TSatsenko Natalia Andreevna, Tolmachev Aleksei Vasilevich, TSatsenko Liudmila Vladimirovna