02891nam a2200313 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000200006024501390008026002100021930000100042952018630043965000250230265000240232765000240235165000120237565300180238765300110240565300160241665300300243265300080246265300090247065300220247970000140250170000150251570000170253070000140254770000160256110552192018-05-28       2016    bl uuuu     u01u1 u    #d1 aALBICETTE, M.M.  aA co-innovation approach in family-farming livestock systems in Rocha - UruguaybA three-year learning process.h[electronic resource]  aIn: EUROPEAN IFSA SYMPOSIUM, 12th., "Social and technological transformation of farming systems: Diverging and converging pathways", Symposium Handbook, Harper Adams University, UK,  12-15 July 2016.c2016  a13 p.  aABSTRACT.   There are opportunities to improve livestock family farms (LFF) sustainability in Uruguay by changing management practices and incorporating technologies, using the co-innovation approach. To harness these opportunities, between 2012 and 2015 a research project was implemented in Eastern Uruguay, where three simultaneous processes occurred at three levels: farm, region and research team. At farm level, the work was carried out in seven LFF as case studies. Through monthly visits to the farms by a field agronomist the process followed three phases using the Evaluation of Natural Resource Management Systems Incorporating Sustainability Indicators (MESMIS) framework: (i) characterization and diagnosis, (ii) re-design, (iii) implementation, monitoring and evaluation. As a result, farmer knowledge and skills for farm management improved and the farms increased their meat production and net income (23 and 56% on average, respectively) while preserving natural resources. At regional level, a participatory approach to planning, monitoring and evaluating the project´s progress with regional stakeholders was adapted from a Participatory Analysis of Impact Pathways (PIPA) method. An Interinstitutional network was consolidated, which developed a common vision and expected project outcomes and designed a communication plan to disseminate the results. At team level, a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach was carried out. A transdisciplinary team was consolidated through cyclic processes of research, reflection and action. Consensus on the objectives and methods allowed combining knowledge to solve practice-oriented problems. The three-year process demonstrated effectiveness in improving LFF sustainability, opening a learning space with stakeholders and contributing with a novel model of rural development: co-innovation.  aAGRICULTURA FAMILIAR  aENFOQUE DE SISTEMAS  aGANADERÍA FAMILIAR  aURUGUAY  aCO-INNOVATION  aMESMIS  aMETHODOLOGY  aMONITORING AND EVALUATION  aPAR  aPIPA  aSYSTEMIC APPROACH1 aLEONI, C.1 aRUGGIA, A.1 aSCARLATO, S.1 aALBIN, A.1 aAGUERRE, V.