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Presentation of the qualitative results of questionnaire Q3 among stakeholders in all countries. Methodology. Content analysis: Reading through the answers Finding common factors Grouping and quantifying N ot forgetting the qualitative analysis. Free answers (Q3).
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Presentation of the qualitative results of questionnaire Q3 among stakeholders in all countries
Methodology • Content analysis: • Reading through the answers • Finding common factors • Grouping and quantifying • Not forgetting the qualitative analysis
Free answers (Q3) • Question 4: What are the best models of knowledge transfer in your opinion? • 1 answer • other: short leaflets with practical information
Free answers (Q3) • Question 6: Are the project results helpful for you? • Yes: 39 answers • No: 3 answers • No opinion: 2 answers • No / No opinion, why? • Not enough information about the project (5)
Free answers (Q3) • Question 6: Are the project results helpful for you? Yes, why? • Learning from best practise models (15) • It is important to transfer knowledge from science to practice in developing organic farming (14) • Knowledge from other countries (6) • Introducing new organizations, networking (3) • Other (orientation, global opinion) (2)
Free answers (Q3) • Question 7: Could you please suggest proposals to improve the working methods for the future? • Supporting and developing communication activities (27) • Practical research, on-farm research, co-operation with practitioners, new research topics (25) • Publishing best practices and research results from different countries > learning (13) • Research funding incl. less self-financing of farmers (9)
Free answers (Q3) • Question 7, continued • Publishing other data about organic farming in EU (4) • International co-operation (4) • Learning from best practices from other fields than organic farming > bench-marking (1) • Other (politics, no opinion) (9) Total 92 answers
Best practices as source of • New information • New ideas • Models for solving practice-related problems • Models for co-operation and networking
Supporting and developing communication activities • It is very important to transfer knowledge from science to practice ( ) • Rewarding scientists for popularizing activities • Communication specialists / Advisors / Knowledge centers needed for translating the knowledge from science to practice • Developing training / teaching / communication skills • Different kinds of language barriers • Science >< Practice • Knowledge in your own language
Supporting and developing communication activities • Open field days, seminars, intensive courses • Method depending on target groups • Demo-farms, seeing things in practice, ”hands-on” • Both researchers and farmers • Communication platforms or databases instead of several separate websites • Contact information for more questions
Developing research • More applied research is needed in addition to traditional scientific research • Co-operation between researchers and farmers / practitioners • Participatory research, co-operation starting with planning the research • More resources to research and communication activities • Creating possibilities to communicate and co-operate.
Other conclusions • Answers from DGC seem to emphasize networking and meeting new contacts • Round tables • Developing pattern? • Solving specific problems ”isolated” networking sharing knowledge and ideas knowledge co-creation participatory research starting from planning.