“The end point is a… more appropriate innovation ecosystem” Mission-oriented and responsible innovation in Australian agricultural systems

IF 6.1 1区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Agricultural Systems Pub Date : 2025-04-27 DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104359

Simon Fielke, Aysha Fleming, Emma Jakku, Cara Stitzlein, Katie Ricketts, Gillian Cornish, Stephen Snow, Graham Bonnett

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Abstract

CONTEXT

Responding to global sustainability challenges requires restructuring of systems of production and consumption. Such processes require careful consideration of the mechanisms which coordinate change at scale. We examine an exemplar Mission program, Drought Resilience Mission, and key enabling technology in Australia.

OBJECTIVE

With an aim to assist collectives of organisations to deploy programs with ambitions toward systemic change, we introduce a framework to operationalise innovation concepts simultaneously. Namely, experimenting with mission-oriented and responsible innovation ecosystem conceptualisation.

METHODS

We utilise an organisational case study of innovation discourse in Australia's national science agency. Secondary data and primary perceptions of expert respondents from a Mission Program, Drought Resilience Mission, and involved with co-development of a digital climate service in the agricultural sector were gathered (n = 52).

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

We propose that considering integration of mission-oriented and responsible innovation could help to unlock transition pathways. We suggest attention to coordination across level components and contexts via capability development, intermediation and integration of these innovation concepts will reduce duplication. Ultimately, increasing the impacts of agricultural research and innovation activities where systemic change is sought.

SIGNIFICANCE

The multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions, mission-oriented innovation and responsible innovation are all frameworks for change, which differ in their backgrounds and agendas, yet all recognise how the spirit of transitions, missions and innovation logics can overlap. We provide an exploratory framework to assist with integration of these overlaps, to suggest integrated investments in agricultural innovation coalition coordination are more likely to result in systemic change ambitions being met.

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“最终目标是建立一个更合适的创新生态系统”，澳大利亚农业系统以使命为导向、负责任的创新

应对全球可持续性挑战需要调整生产和消费系统。这种进程需要仔细考虑协调大规模变化的机制。我们研究了一个典型的任务计划，抗旱任务，以及澳大利亚的关键使能技术。目的：为了帮助组织集体部署具有系统性变革野心的计划，我们引入了一个框架来同时实施创新概念。也就是说，尝试以任务为导向和负责任的创新生态系统概念。方法：我们利用澳大利亚国家科学机构创新话语的组织案例研究。收集了来自任务计划、抗旱任务和参与农业部门数字气候服务共同开发的专家受访者的次要数据和主要看法（n = 52）。结果与结论我们认为，将使命导向创新和负责任创新结合起来，有助于解锁转型路径。我们建议通过能力开发、中介和整合这些创新概念来关注跨层次组件和上下文的协调，从而减少重复。最终，增加农业研究和创新活动的影响，这是寻求系统性变革的地方。社会技术转型、使命导向创新和负责任创新的多层次视角都是变革的框架，它们的背景和议程不同，但都认识到转型精神、使命和创新逻辑是如何重叠的。我们提供了一个探索性框架来帮助整合这些重叠，以表明农业创新联盟协调的综合投资更有可能导致系统性变革的目标得到满足。

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Agricultural Systems 农林科学-农业综合

CiteScore

13.30

自引率

7.60%

发文量

174

审稿时长

30 days

期刊介绍： Agricultural Systems is an international journal that deals with interactions - among the components of agricultural systems, among hierarchical levels of agricultural systems, between agricultural and other land use systems, and between agricultural systems and their natural, social and economic environments. The scope includes the development and application of systems analysis methodologies in the following areas: Systems approaches in the sustainable intensification of agriculture; pathways for sustainable intensification; crop-livestock integration; farm-level resource allocation; quantification of benefits and trade-offs at farm to landscape levels; integrative, participatory and dynamic modelling approaches for qualitative and quantitative assessments of agricultural systems and decision making; The interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes; the multiple services of agricultural systems; food security and the environment; Global change and adaptation science; transformational adaptations as driven by changes in climate, policy, values and attitudes influencing the design of farming systems; Development and application of farming systems design tools and methods for impact, scenario and case study analysis; managing the complexities of dynamic agricultural systems; innovation systems and multi stakeholder arrangements that support or promote change and (or) inform policy decisions.