A review of research papers on the evaluation of living lab methodology in the context of sustainable agriculture

Abstract

Living Lab (LL) is one of the important innovation options to tackle a set of agricultural challenges in the nearest future, such as reduction of pesticide application, environmental pollution, soil erosion, reduction of water contamination, mitigation of the impact of climate change on agricultural landscapes, the adaptation of agricultural ecosystems to climate change, maintaining and increasing the biodiversity in the landscape, and securing nutritious food. It is expected that benefits from effective Living Labs can bring diversity of innovation and enhance knowledge exchange. The number of living lab projects related to agricultural systems has smoothly grown across world. Living lab is connected to multistakeholder participation, collaborative design practices, and iterative process of activities and experimentation in the real-life context. The research of living lab is “in the development” stage. There is still a gap in measuring the effectiveness and expanding best practices. There is a great demand to generalized knowledge about LL in agriculture, especially LL methodology. This article highlights the current stage of LL research by conducting the literature review. This article fills the gap about the consolidation of existing knowledge from the existing publication related to LL methodology and the evaluation of LL projects.