The project is led by Aliaksei Kazlou, Associate Professor at the Division of Business Administration within the Department of Management and Engineering. Link枚ping University is collaborating with V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and the Kharkiv Regional Center of Advice.
The project鈥檚 objective is to strengthen the capacity of Ukrainian organisations to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector. Through knowledge exchange, training activities and study visits, the partners will develop new ways of working. The models developed will be adapted to the conditions facing Ukraine during and after the war. Areas of focus include food production, short supply chains, access to water and small-scale processing.
An important part of the project is to build on experiences from Agtech Sweden and the Swedish innovation system. The aim is to establish a long-term agricultural innovation initiative at the Ukrainian partner university. The project will also develop methods that can be used by advisers, agricultural businesses and entrepreneurs in the region.
Caroline Holm
The project is planned to run for 18 months. It includes organisational development, exchanges between Sweden and Ukraine, and the development and testing of models for innovation and advisory services. The results will be compiled in a methodological handbook, an analytical report and a set of policy recommendations.
AgrInnEco is an abbreviation of the project's full title, Supporting Sustainable Agricultural Innovation Ecosystems in Kharkiv Region through Capacity Building and Strategic Collaboration.
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