Identifying the stakeholders’ interactions within an agricultural innovation system towards sustainability

Davide Rizzo (1) , Fatma Fourati-Jamoussi (1) , Lucian Ceapraz (1) , Mariia Ostapchuk (1) , Hanitra Randrianasolo-Rakotobe (1, 2) , Anne Combaud (1) , Mehdi Jaber (3) , Michel J.F Dubois (1)

1 INTERACT - Innovation, Territoire, Agriculture et Agro-industrie, Connaissance et Technologie
2 UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11
3 UniLaSalle

The paper explores novel connections between human and technology-driven innovation in a French agritech cluster. It focuses on the whole system innovation and addresses specifically the impact of digitalisation related to precision agriculture deployment. The cluster under investigation has been settled by the Beauvaisis municipalities agglomeration. It comprises interactions between local authorities, firms and knowledge institutions. The analysis covers various perspectives of the stakeholders’ interactions, the role of intermediary actors and introduces the concept of "floating prescriber". The early results and the following analyses will contribute to highlighting the way an ecosystem (a cluster) is developed around the issue of digital technologies and sustainable agriculture.

Mots clés: Agritech; Sustainability transitions pathways; Agricultural Innovation System; Proximity analysis; Innovation brokering

Domaines: Géographie; Agronomie

Davide Rizzo, Fatma Fourati-Jamoussi, Lucian Ceapraz, Mariia Ostapchuk, Hanitra Randrianasolo-Rakotobe, et al.. Identifying the stakeholders’ interactions within an agricultural innovation system towards sustainability: The case of a French cluster for agritech innovation. System Innovation towards Sustainable Agriculture 3, SISA Community or practice, Nov 2018, Riga, Latvia. ⟨hal-03581558⟩