Inovacijų plėtra modernizuojant ūkininkų ūkius, dalyvaujančius BPD priemonėse

Abstract

Insufficient funding of science, and lack of innovation instilment might result in a long term technological log of agriculture and food industry. The paper reviews the processes of innovation development according to, different action fields of SPD and presents innovation criteria and their evaluation methods for the 2007–2013 RDP (Rural Development Plan) measures. Analyses of the economic sources and juridical documents, analogies, statistical data analyses and other methods offered a possibility to evaluate innovation level according to four key criteria groups: the influence of innovations on (1) products, (2) technological processes in production and trade, (3) reorganization of the respective subject, and (4) instilment of research. The paper presents the description of all criteria groups, methods of their establishment, and sources of information. The data might be used to state the innovation fact of the projects or economy subjects. Special computer program was developed to compute the innovation level.