TY - JOUR A1 - Behrendt, Gerlinde A1 - von Münchhausen, Susanne A1 - Häring, Anna Maria T1 - How to fund learning and innovation networks for sustainable agriculture: a conceptual framework JF - The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension N2 - Purpose Learning and innovation networks for sustainable agriculture (LINSA) are considered drivers of innovation towards a more sustainable agri-food system. However, sustaining long-term funding remains a challenge for many networks. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive conceptualization of how funding relates to LINSA continuation and suggests a classification of relevant funding instruments. Design/Methodology/Approach Being purely conceptual, this paper combines perspectives of strategic management and nonprofit finance with empirical insights from innovation network literature to develop a conceptual framework on LINSA funding. Findings The conceptual framework suggests that thriving LINSA require both an appropriate funding mix, which corresponds with the benefits provided, and an anticipatory utilization of financial resources to build and maintain relevant intangible resources. The availability of funding instruments which incorporate these findings is crucial for successful LINSA. Practical Implications The conceptual framework provides guidance to practitioners and policy makers who reflect on appropriate strategies and instruments for LINSA funding. Theoretical Implications By integrating perspectives from different disciplines, namely the resource-based view and the benefits theory of nonprofit finance, this paper contributes to an increased understanding of funding in network organizations. Originality/Value This is the first paper to offer an explicit conceptualization of how funding relates to LINSA development. It also provides a classification of relevant funding instruments. KW - Learning and innovation network for sustainable agriculture; financial resources; nonprofit funding; benefits theory; resource-based view; conceptual framework Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-4724 SN - 1389-224X PB - Taylor & Francis ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lauterbach, Josephine A1 - Bruns, Antonia Johanna A1 - Häring, Anna Maria T1 - Exploring Consumer Preference towards the On-Farm Slaughtering of Beef in Germany: A Discrete Choice Experiment JF - Foods N2 - Current production standards and communication campaigns about animal welfare in relation to beef strongly emphasise the “humane” rearing of cattle. Aspects such as transport and slaughtering conditions are often overlooked in both production standards and communications with consumers. Long transport routes and conventional slaughtering can cause significant stress to animals and have negative impacts on their welfare and on meat quality. On-farm slaughter can address these criticisms. Communicating the value of low-stress slaughtering conditions like on-farm slaughtering may offer significant sales potential for a premium market segment. In this study, we explore consumers’ preferences and willingness to pay for beef that is slaughtered on-farm rather than in conventional abattoirs. We conducted an online survey (n = 400) in 2022, with a sample that is representative of the German population with respect to gender, age, income and education. Our survey included a discrete choice experiment for the purchase of minced beef, incorporating product attributes that influence purchase decisions. These included: price, information on the social, economic and environmental benefits of regional production, different production standards (conventional/organic) and information on on-farm slaughtering. Our findings indicate that consumers derive the highest utility from a low price, followed by information about on-farm slaughtering. Participants indicated a preference for information on high animal welfare over high beef quality. We conclude that highlighting on-farm slaughtering could be a significant benefit in marketing premium beef products. KW - consumer preferences; animal welfare; on-farm slaughter; slaughter conditions; premium beef marketing Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-7753 SN - 2304-8158 IS - 12 PB - MDPI ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Haack, Michaela A1 - Schäfer, M A1 - Krieger, C A1 - Häring, Anna Maria ED - Bibic, Vanessa ED - Schmidtke, Knut T1 - Bio und Regional in der Gemeinschaftsverpflegung - Herausforderungen und Ansatzpunkte am Beispiel der Einführung von Bio-Weiderindfleisch T2 - One Step Ahead - einen Schritt voraus! : Beiträge zur 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau : Frick, 7. bis 10. März 2023 KW - Gemeinschaftsverpflegung; Bio-Rindfleisch; Regionalität Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-7140 SN - 978-3-96831-055-8 SP - 694 EP - 697 PB - Verlag Dr. Köster ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dörr, J A1 - Lauterbach, Josephine A1 - Haack, Michaela A1 - Böhm, U A1 - Häring, Anna Maria ED - Bibic, Vanessa ED - Schmidtke, Knut T1 - Regionales Weiderindfleisch: Ansatzpunkte für den Aufbau von Wertschöpfungsverbünden T2 - One Step Ahead - einen Schritt voraus! : Beiträge zur 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau : Frick, 7. bis 10. März 2023 KW - Rindfleisch aus Weidehaltung; regionale Wertschöpfungskette Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-7152 SN - 978-3-96831-055-8 SP - 698 EP - 701 PB - Verlag Dr. Köster ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wiedemann, Anne A1 - Lauterbach, Josephine A1 - Häring, Anna Maria ED - Bibic, Vanessa ED - Schmidtke, Knut T1 - Ethische Werte von regionalem Lammfleisch kommunizieren T2 - One Step Ahead - einen Schritt voraus! : Beiträge zur 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau : Frick, 7. bis 10. März 2023 KW - Biodiversität; Marketing; Ökosystemdienstleistungen; Lammfleisch Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-7162 SN - 978-3-96831-055-8 SP - 786 EP - 789 PB - Verlag Dr. Köster ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Braun, Charis Linda A1 - Juister, Evelyn A1 - Häring, Anna Maria ED - Bibic, Vanessa ED - Schmidtke, Knut T1 - Zusammen(-arbeit) lernen: Wissensaufbau in regionalen Wertschöpfungsketten T2 - One Step Ahead - einen Schritt voraus! : Beiträge zur 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau : Frick, 7. bis 10. März 2023 KW - Wertschöpfungsketten; Organisationales Lernen; Zusammenarbeit und Co-Creation; Aktionsforschung Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-7193 SN - 978-3-96831-055-8 SP - 794 EP - 797 PB - Verlag Dr. Köster ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lauterbach, Josephine A1 - Haack, Michaela A1 - Häring, Anna Maria ED - Bibic, Vanessa ED - Schmidtke, Knut T1 - Artgerecht, regional und biodiversitätsfördernd - Welche Mehrwerte sind Rindfleischkäufer*innen besonders wichtig? T2 - One Step Ahead - einen Schritt voraus! : Beiträge zur 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau : Frick, 7. bis 10. März 2023 KW - Rindfleisch; Weidehaltung; Cluster Analyse; Faktoranalyse; Konsumenten Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-7104 SN - 978-3-96831-055-8 SP - 668 EP - 671 PB - Verlag Dr. Köster ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hofstätter, J A1 - Häring, Anna Maria A1 - Scholz, S ED - Bibic, Vanessa ED - Schmidtke, Knut T1 - Blühstreifen für Brandenburg - Neue Richtlinie, neue Perspektiven T2 - One Step Ahead - einen Schritt voraus! : Beiträge zur 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau : Frick, 7. bis 10. März 2023 KW - Blühstreifen; Förderpolitik; Ackerbau; Brandenburg Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-7113 SN - 978-3-96831-055-8 SP - 682 EP - 685 PB - Verlag Dr. Köster ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Markow, Jekaterina A1 - Fieldsend, Andrew A1 - von Münchhausen, Susanne A1 - Häring, Anna Maria T1 - Building agricultural innovation capacity from the bottom up: Using spillover effects from projects to strengthen agricultural innovation systems JF - Agricultural Systems N2 - CONTEXT Current research emphasises that agricultural innovation projects are influenced in multiple ways by the Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) in which they operate. Yet little attention has been paid to the reverse direction of this relationship, i.e. how agricultural innovation projects affect AIS in the course of their innovative activities. Accordingly, there are currently no tools to measure such AIS spillovers from agricultural innovation projects. OBJECTIVE This paper shows that even where agricultural innovation projects have not been designed with the explicit aim of influencing AIS they can have spillovers on the AIS in which they operate. Based on this finding, it argues that designing agricultural innovation projects in a way that maximises such positive and reduces negative AIS spillovers would be a useful tool for strengthening agricultural innovation capacities in a particular territory or sector. METHODS Based on the concept of agricultural innovation projects as Organisational Innovation Systems (OIS) that are embedded in AIS, the paper develops an analytical framework for assessing spillovers of such projects on AIS and applies it to a case study of an Operational Group in the German Federal State of Hessen. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The case study shows that agricultural innovation projects may yield diverse spillovers on the AIS in which they operate. In addition to considering how agricultural innovation projects are shaped – constrained and/or enabled – by AIS, the research community on agricultural innovation should pay more attention to this side of the interrelation of AIS and agricultural innovation projects. Designing agricultural innovation projects responsibly so that spillovers on AIS are monitored can help to improve national or sectoral AIS. SIGNIFICANCE This paper points to an underexplored issue in research on agricultural innovation and, related to this, a thus far unused potential policy tool for improving national and sectoral AIS. It further develops the concept of innovation projects as OIS into an approach for assessing the effects of projects on AIS; an area of project assessment that until now has not been adequately covered. KW - Agricultural innovation system KW - Agricultural innovation project KW - Organisational innovation system KW - Spillover effect KW - Project assessment Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-6853 SN - 0308-521X IS - 209 PB - Elsevier ER -