ÖMKi On-farm Living Lab

ÖMKi’s On-farm Living Lab is an agroecology-focused nationwide participatory experimentation network which includes a variety of field trials and technology tests co- designed and co-implemented with farmers in Hungary, with the aim to promote agro-ecological transition. It works since 2012 in the field of arable crops, horticulture, viticulture, apiculture, and since 2020 also animal husbandry. In frame of the On-farm Living Lab, the Living Lab tests in different sub-networks how new products, practices and technological innovations perform under the diversity of everyday farming. Participating farmers gain feedback directly from their own production experiences, land, and technology creating space for open innovation and dynamic knowledge co-creation between farmers, researchers, and other stakeholders of the value chains. At the same time, the results give a broader picture of Hungarian organic and agroecological production practices and locally applicable solutions.

Areas of work:

• Agriculture and (Agri-)Food