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Developing Sustainable Business
The TS Farming Solutions Case
Dr Henk Roodt
Centre for Transdisciplinary Research and Innovation [email protected]
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This Talk
• The Wintec approach and technology • The TS Farming Solutions Requirement • The initial stages of a co-created solution
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Design Approach
Integrative solutions
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Focused on Real Business Problems
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Systems Thinking Approach USER REQUIREMENT
CONTINUOUS VALIDATION
DEMONSTRATED SOLUTIONSYSTEM CONCEPT
SOLUTION
FUNCTIONAL DESIGN
TIME
DETAILED DESIGNS
BUILDCOMPONENTS
INTEGRATION
VERIFY FORM & FUNCTION
PROTOTYPE SOLUTION
Iterations
ANALYSIS
SYNT
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Iterations
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Adapted from Kevin Forsberg and Harold Mooz (1995) by JHS Roodt 2013.
Checkland, P & Poulter, J 2010, ‘Soft Systems Methodology’, in M Reynolds & S Holwell (eds), Systems Approaches to Managing Change: A Practical Guide
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Sustainable Farming Approach
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Sustainable Farming – Day 1
CAN YOU HELP US DESIGN A REVOLUTIONARY FARM, A CLOSED LOOP TYPE FARM, ONE WITH ZERO INPUT/WASTE?
Perpetual Motion? Third law of thermodynamics?
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Sustainable Farming
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l TSFShasdevelopedafarmingsystemwhichwilldrama8callyincreasefarmrevenuewhilesignificantlyreducinggroundwaterandatmosphericpollu8on.l Thesystemisbasedonasustainablefarmingmodelwherewasteisu8lisedthroughoutthesystemtoprovideavaluablereusableresource.
-RichardTyree:TSFS
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The current farm project
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Advantages of a “closed loop” dairy system Ø Mul8pleIncomestreams
milk,fish,vegetables,crops
Ø Significantlyreducedenvironmentalimpact
60%lessgreenhousegas lessNitrifica8onofwaterways
Ø Rangeofpoten8alloca8ons
almostanycountry,almostanywhere
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Sustainable Farming
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Sustainable Farming
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Sustainable Farming
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Sustainable Farming
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Sustainable Farming
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Educa&on TSFarmingisintegra8ngeduca8onintotheclosedloopsystemwithassistanceandfundingfrom;
Ø NZMinistryofEduca8onØ NZMinistryofPrimaryIndustriesØ WintecØ NorthTecØ PrimaryITOØ NorthlandTradesAcademy
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Educa&on...con&nued Keyaspectsoftheapproach
Ø EngagestudentsearlyandacrossawiderangeofdisciplinesØ Meaningfulandrelevantlearning–projectbasedapproachØ PhysicallearningspacewithspecialisttutorsØ Fullimmersion
Ø InvolvingInterna8onalStudents
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WheretheKouralive…….
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Wherethestudentslive…….
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