Spain LL
Farm
The Living Lab connects local farms, advisers, researchers, and value-chain actors around legume rotations, soil biodiversity, and practical crop management. Participants compare field observations with VALERECO evidence and define follow-up actions for the next growing season.
Audience
Description
The audience combines practitioners and institutional actors so field knowledge, technical advice, and policy needs can be discussed in the same place. The format supports practical exchange between people who test, advise, regulate, and communicate legume-based systems.
Number of Audience
25- Farmers and Advisors
- 10
- Agrifood Industry Group
- 5
- Policymakers and Regulators Group
- 5
- General Public Group
- 5
Demo
Topic
The demonstration focuses on legume-based diversification, with attention to crop performance, rotation design, soil health, biodiversity outcomes, and farmer decision-making.
Set-up
Participants move between field or workshop stations, review short evidence notes, and compare practical choices with local constraints. Facilitators collect observations and questions throughout the session.
Objective
The objective is to turn Living Lab observations into actionable knowledge for farms, advisors, agrifood stakeholders, and policymakers.
What participants could feel, see, touch or do during the demo
Seeing
Side-by-side plots, plant development, weed pressure, soil cover, and biodiversity signs were observed directly in the field.
Hearing
Farmers, advisors, and researchers shared management choices, field constraints, and questions from the current season.
Experiencing
Participants compared crop stands, discussed rotation options, and reflected on what could transfer to their own farms.
Reading/Writing
Short notes, field sheets, and group feedback captured practical lessons for the next Living Lab cycle.
Results
We learned....
Living Lab participants valued concrete field comparisons and clear links between crop performance, biodiversity benefits, and management effort.
We take home....
Legume diversification needs locally tested examples, advisory support, and simple communication materials that make benefits and trade-offs visible.
We suggest....
Future sessions should keep combining field observation, peer exchange, and short evidence summaries so every stakeholder group can contribute to the next trial cycle.
Materials
Spain LL
Farm
The Living Lab connects local farms, advisers, researchers, and value-chain actors around legume rotations, soil biodiversity, and practical crop management. Participants compare field observations with VALERECO evidence and define follow-up actions for the next growing season.
Audience
Description
The audience combines practitioners and institutional actors so field knowledge, technical advice, and policy needs can be discussed in the same place. The format supports practical exchange between people who test, advise, regulate, and communicate legume-based systems.
Number of Audience
25- Farmers and Advisors
- 10
- Agrifood Industry Group
- 5
- Policymakers and Regulators Group
- 5
- General Public Group
- 5
Demo
Topic
The demonstration focuses on legume-based diversification, with attention to crop performance, rotation design, soil health, biodiversity outcomes, and farmer decision-making.
Set-up
Participants move between field or workshop stations, review short evidence notes, and compare practical choices with local constraints. Facilitators collect observations and questions throughout the session.
Objective
The objective is to turn Living Lab observations into actionable knowledge for farms, advisors, agrifood stakeholders, and policymakers.
What participants could feel, see, touch or do during the demo
Seeing
Side-by-side plots, plant development, weed pressure, soil cover, and biodiversity signs were observed directly in the field.
Hearing
Farmers, advisors, and researchers shared management choices, field constraints, and questions from the current season.
Experiencing
Participants compared crop stands, discussed rotation options, and reflected on what could transfer to their own farms.
Reading/Writing
Short notes, field sheets, and group feedback captured practical lessons for the next Living Lab cycle.
Results
We learned....
Living Lab participants valued concrete field comparisons and clear links between crop performance, biodiversity benefits, and management effort.
We take home....
Legume diversification needs locally tested examples, advisory support, and simple communication materials that make benefits and trade-offs visible.
We suggest....
Future sessions should keep combining field observation, peer exchange, and short evidence summaries so every stakeholder group can contribute to the next trial cycle.
Materials