Maria de S. Luis Centeno CHALLENGES FOR NEW ENTRANTS TO FARMING AND ROLE OF PUBLIC SUPPORT New Deal Innovation Seminar INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND RURAL AREAS - A PRIORITY TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT CIMAC ÉVORA 22 SETEMBRO 2015 Direcção Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural Maria de S. Luis Centeno PEI AGRI PRODUTIVIDADE E SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA Innovation Union •Strengthen Europe's knowledge base •Turn good ideas into marketable products European Innovation Partnerships: Exe. EIP AGRI Social benefits •Share resources •Eliminate geographical and social inequalities Fast modernization 1 Maria de S. Luis Centeno PEI AGRI PRODUTIVIDADE E SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA In Portugal Barriers to innovation identified •strengthen the cooperative approach to innovation high costs •the use of other training tools FOCUS RDP 2020 availability of capital and access to credit, low cooperation and networking difficulty in transferring the results in terms of R & D for economic valuation of output. •facilitate transmission among producers, reducing innovation costs for businesses. •advice which will: put the problems of production in the innovation agenda PEI AGRI PRODUTIVIDADE E SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA EIP AGRI network EM IEP AGRI Farmers, researchers, UE advisors, companies ... FOCUS GROUP Horizon 2020 Investigação multi-actores Projectos piloto Facilitadores de inovação – redes temáticas NRN PO RDP Cooperação GO Transferência conhecimento Investimento Aconselhamento GRUPOS OPERACIONAIS aplicação de soluções inovadoras ao nível dos utilizadores finais outros fundos partilha de informação científica, conhecimento e melhores práticas 2 Maria de S. Luis Centeno PEI AGRI PRODUTIVIDADE E SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA INNOVATION Agricultural and Forest and Rural Areas a cross-cutting priority to rural development PDR 2020 EX.º Medida 1 - INNOVATION Acção 1.1 – Operational Groups PEI AGRI PRODUTIVIDADE E SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA PEI AGRI - Operational Groups OG Action 1.1 RDP 2020 INITIATIVES www.rederural.pt Research Farmers / Companies Producers associations S. Counseling, Agro-industry, other ACTION PLAN: objectives; goals; projects active participation RESULTS COMMUNICATION PLAN APPLICATION M1. innovation Action 1.1 Operational Groups 3 Maria de S. Luis Centeno PEI AGRI PRODUTIVIDADE E SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA IEP AGRI – Operational Groups OG Action 1.1 RDP 2020 THEMATIC PRIORITIES • Increased resource efficiency in agricultural production and forestry • Improving the management of agricultural and forestry systems • Improvement in the markets integration • Territories valorisation PEI AGRI PRODUTIVIDADE E SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA PEI AGRI Other support ... . RDP A 2.2 - ADVICE 2.1 - TRAINING AND DISSEMINATION Advice actions Creation of Advice services Training of advisers Training actions Demonstration activities Short term exchanges and visits to farms and forestry 4 Maria de S. Luis Centeno PEI AGRI PRODUTIVIDADE E SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA PEI AGRI Outros apoios ….PDR Dissemination National Rural Network Observatory Thematic working groups Evaluation PEI AGRI PRODUTIVIDADE E SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA EXAMPLES Some examples: Operational Group – threat threat of new plague to tomato growers Project from a young farmer from Algarve DGADR www.dgadr.pt [email protected] 5