Based on international literature, preliminary experiences in a three-country West African research programme, and on the disappointing impact of agricultural research on African farm innovation, the current paper argues that institutional change demands rethinking the pathways to innovation so as...
This volume is an abstract of the Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from March 5th - 7th, 2013. The Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 has been organized by the German Aerospace Center, DLR and the WISDOM Project,...
While the need for expanding the mandate of extension services is fairly well recognised, ways of operationalising the expanded vision have not been well articulated. This paper aims to provide insights on innovation management, which could be an important operational...
This review seeks to assess the usefulness of innovation systems approaches in the context of IAR4D in guiding research agendas, generating knowledge and use in improving food security and nutrition, reducing poverty and generating cash incomes for resource-poor farmers. The...
Innovation platforms are equitable, dynamic spaces designed to bring heterogeneous actors together to exchange knowledge and take action to solve a common problem. Although innovation platforms are being set up to attain collectively defined development objectives, there are limited methods...