Report on cross visit in Finland

The four Finnish cases were selected so that they would represent quite mature innovations. No ideas or initial level developments were accepted. “Real innovations” that already gave their benefits for their users were selected. The potential for wider success and significant positive impact on agricultural systems were important criteria for the selection. The impact of AgriSpin was assumed to be valuable on these cases and, on the other hand, AgriSpin had not evaluated many of these kind of cases before. Especially the Finnish user-centred innovation processes, where companies work together with end-users, was considered as an important issue to look more into.