Networks learn from learning histories

The research programme Networks in Animal Husbandry began in 2004 without any concrete final objectives. The programme did have to contribute in all sorts of ways: by making “knowledge from the shelf” applicable, to making animal farming more robust, stimulating new knowledge arrangements and even to system innovations. It did all that – and more – in its facilitating role in the networks of animal farmers and other stakeholders in the sector. The programme began in effect as a big experiment.