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: Received: 20 November 2023 / Approved: 21 November 2023 / Online: 22 November 2023 (07:34:59 CET)
How to cite:
Kountios, G.; Ragkos, A.; Koutsou, S.; Papadavid, G. AKIS and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Current Trends and Future Research Priorities. Preprints2023, 2023111326. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1326.v1
Kountios, G.; Ragkos, A.; Koutsou, S.; Papadavid, G. AKIS and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Current Trends and Future Research Priorities. Preprints 2023, 2023111326. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1326.v1
Kountios, G.; Ragkos, A.; Koutsou, S.; Papadavid, G. AKIS and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Current Trends and Future Research Priorities. Preprints2023, 2023111326. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1326.v1
APA Style
Kountios, G., Ragkos, A., Koutsou, S., & Papadavid, G. (2023). AKIS and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Current Trends and Future Research Priorities. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1326.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Kountios, G., Stavriani Koutsou and George Papadavid. 2023 "AKIS and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Current Trends and Future Research Priorities" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1326.v1
Abstract
The new Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union (EU) (2023-2027) envisages a stronger Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) that will unite all relevant ac-tors in a co-creation process to ensure knowledge flows within and across Member States. A sig-nificant and increasing body of literature focuses on the strategy and processes of strengthening AKIS. However, there is a relative gap in research related to the role of AKIS in achieving sus-tainability in the farming sector. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the advancements so far of AKIS across the EU when it comes to facilitating the sustainable management of natural resources (SMNR). The paper builds upon a comprehensive review of rel-evant literature during the last 15 years covering all 28 EU countries (including the United King-dom until 2019). We conclude that AKIS architecture in most EU countries lacks a comprehensive structure promoting SMNR. Based on the results we identify countries with relatively high inten-sity of research and development projects linking AKIS to SMNR and where SMNR is better in-tegrated to AKIS. Our results can be of interest to the design of stronger AKIS during the new programming period.
Keywords
Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS); Sustainable Management; Natural Resources; Agricultural Advisory
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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