Output 5: New knowledge for national level is created

Based on the experience of the local innovation platforms (IPs), a national IP will be institutionalized in each country as per year 4, and conducted twice a year. Up to 20 people representing the core function systems of society and the agricultural sector will constitute the IP, thus consisting of farmer organizations, ministries of Agriculture and Environment, business sector, NGOs, civil society, agricultural research and universities (faculties of agriculture, socio-economics/sociology, communication). This IP shall capture the information from the local IPs, and supplement it by information from the other 3 countries, the PhD research and other sources. The IPs will work closely with existing institutions, like national agricultural forums.