Analysis of agricultural and forestry innovation in the European Union Thematic Networks and the innovative use of sewage sludge in silvopastoral systems soil

Abstract

Innovation in all economic sectors constitutes a source of knowledge for the development and improvement of new technologies and methodologies. It has been described by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a process whereby individuals or organizations bring new or existing products, processes or ways of organization into use for the first time in a specific context, to increase effectiveness, competitiveness, and resilience to solve a problem. In most cases it comes from research, which is normally supported by public funding, that allows transforming ideas into knowledge suitable to emerge as technologies applicable in many different fields.