The transforum model : transforming agro innovation toward sustainable development

Preface Chapter 1. The need for a new agro innovation system 1.1. Introduction: The challenge 1.2. Innovating in the agricultural system 1.3. Sustainable development as an innovation target 1.4. Characteristics of innovation and the innovation system 1.5. System innovation as a process of engagement 1.6. Five motivating assumptions for enhancing sustainable development in agriculture 1.7. Stimulating sustainable development in a learning-by-doing experiment 1.8. References Chapter 2. Inventions for future sustainable development in agriculture 2.1. Inventions - an introduction 2.2. Inventions in agricultural infrastructure 2.3. Three ways to stimulate needed inventions 2.4. Conclusion 2.5. References Chapter 3. Organizing innovations and transitions 3.1. Introduction: Context of the research 3.2. Theoretical building blocks 3.3. Coming in from the Space of Flows 3.4. Where the Space of Flows meets the Space of Places 3.5. Conclusion: breaking the developmental lock-in 3.6. References Chapter 4. For or Against Innovation? The influence of images 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Images in innovation 4.3. Hypotheses and research approach 4.4. The role of images - case studies 4.5. Dealing with images in innovation 4.6. Conclusion 4.7. References Chapter 5. Mobilizing consumer demand for sustainable development 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Attitude-behavior gaps 5.3. Stimulating sustainable consumer behavior 5.4. Facilitating the three routes of mobilizing sustainable consumption 5.5. Key lessons learned 5.6. Conclusion 5.7. References Chapter 6. From motivating assumptions to a practical innovation model 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Methodology 6.3. Performance of cases and assumptions 6.4. Influence of explanatory attributes and links to motivating assumptions 6.5. From motivating assumptions to a practical innovation model for innovation 6.6. Key learnings from working with the motivating assumptions and core strategies 6.7. Applying the TransForum model 6.8. References Chapter 7. Transforming agriculture: a new approach to stimulate sustainable development 7.1. Introduction 7.2. The TransForum model 7.3. Contributions from scientific disciplines 7.4. A promising perspective Appendix I. TransForum: stimulating innovation for sustainable development by learning by doing Action experiments Scientific research Learning projects Appendix II. Action experiments explicated Appendix III. Overview experiments & projects Action experiments Scientific research projects Learning projects Appendix IV