Document type: directory of innovations identified by LIT OUESTEREL
Author: LIT OUESTEREL
Preview: Working with INRAE, the LIT OUESTEREL is carrying out an "innovation hunt", tracking down useful innovations to share, seeking out solutions that "work" but lack visibility and analysis, amplifying 'over the farm gate' information-sharing among farmers, and identifying trends or new knowledge that could result in the practices of the future.
What we call an innovation
An innovation is a process by which individuals or organizations put something new in place for the first time (including the "rediscovery" of "old" know-how that has regained relevance). These new practices can have many aspects, whether technical, digital, organizational, or commercial, etc., but they also involve "incremental" processes (sharing tips and tricks, best practices, techniques, etc.), or can even be "disruptive" (changing the system).
How we track down innovations
We identify innovations in two ways:
- We use what can be described as a 'top down' bibliographical approach to identify innovations that have originated in the field of Research-Development-Innovation, both public and private
- We use a 'bottom up', on the ground approach to seek out innovations that have been thought up and implemented by those on the ground, through visits and interviews
Getting the benefit of the innovations we discover
The aim of farming innovations, for whatever species, is to improve the welfare of livestock farming. To achieve this, they focus on the physical health of the animals, the expression of their natural behaviors, their access to water and feed, their mental health, their comfort, as well as the living and working conditions of operators. These areas for improvement shape the project's objectives, all of which must be met to be successful if the original intention is to be achieved. Each objective is assigned a set of strategies (involving the animal, its diet, etc.) and actions that can be improved by the innovation.
View the innovations
First select a species from the list on the right to access all the innovations discovered for that species. You can then click on further choices to narrow down your search, selecting objectives, strategies and actions. These take you to the innovations that meet that set of criteria. Please note, each innovation can satisfy several objectives.
