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Behind the scenes of a learning agri-food value chain: lessons from action research

  • The development of sustainable agri-food systems requires not only new academic knowledge, but also concrete social and organizational change in practice. This article reflects on the action research process that supported and explored the learning process in an emerging agri-food value chain in the Berlin-Brandenburg region in eastern Germany. The action research study involved value chain actors, academic researchers, and process facilitators in a learning network. By framing the network’s learning and problem solving processes in concepts of organizational learning, lessons were drawn for researchers and value chain developers. The results underline the importance of process facilitation in a learning value chain to create a social space, in which the actors in the value chain can interact and find a common basis for collaboration. In the learning process, facilitators used an iterative design to consistently align learning activities with the needs of practitioners to ensure practical relevance. To establish new practices andThe development of sustainable agri-food systems requires not only new academic knowledge, but also concrete social and organizational change in practice. This article reflects on the action research process that supported and explored the learning process in an emerging agri-food value chain in the Berlin-Brandenburg region in eastern Germany. The action research study involved value chain actors, academic researchers, and process facilitators in a learning network. By framing the network’s learning and problem solving processes in concepts of organizational learning, lessons were drawn for researchers and value chain developers. The results underline the importance of process facilitation in a learning value chain to create a social space, in which the actors in the value chain can interact and find a common basis for collaboration. In the learning process, facilitators used an iterative design to consistently align learning activities with the needs of practitioners to ensure practical relevance. To establish new practices and partnerships, value chain actors challenged existing routines and developed new ideas and visions, while at the same time improving established practices within their organizations and along the entire value chain.show moreshow less

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Author:Charis Linda BraunORCiD, Vera Bitsch, Anna Maria HäringORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-2481
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10229-7
ISSN:1572-8366
Parent Title (English):Agriculture and Human Values
Publisher:Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2021
Date of Publication (online):2022/06/17
Date of first Publication:2021/06/11
Publishing Institution:Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde
Release Date:2022/06/17
Tag:Action research; Grounded theory; Local and organic food; Organizational learning; Process faciliation
Volume:39
Page Number:16
First Page:119
Last Page:134
Institutions / Departments:Fachbereich Landschaftsnutzung und Naturschutz
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 63 Landwirtschaft / 633 Feld- und Plantagenfrüchte
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
University Bibliography:University Bibliography
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Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
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