United Nations University-Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology

Acronym:

UNU-MERIT

Type of Organization:

Universities / Education / Training

Website:

http://www.merit.unu.edu/

The United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) is a research and training institute of United Nations University based in Maastricht in the south of the Netherlands.

Areas of activity:

research and development

Focus of Capacity Development:

Institutional

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Missing the target: Lessons form enabling innovation in South Asia

This paper reflects on the experience of the Research Into Use (RIU) projects in Asia. It reconfirms much of what has been known for many years about the way innovation takes place and finds that many of the shortcomings of...

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Publication year:

2011

Authors:

Sulaiman V. RasheedAndy HallReddy T S Vamsidhar

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Series Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Capacity: Are Innovation Brokers the Answer?

This paper examines the role of innovation brokers in stimulating innovation system interaction and innovation capacity building, and illustrates this by taking the case of Dutch agriculture as an example. Subsequently, it reflects upon the potential role of innovation brokers...

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Publication year:

2009

Authors:

Klerkx LaurensHall AndyLeeuwis Cees

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The when and where of research in agricultural innovation trajectories: Evidence and implications from RIU's South Asia projects

The question of how agricultural research can best be used for developmental purposes is a topic of some debate in developmental circles. The idea that this is simply a question of better transfer of ideas from research to farmers has...

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Publication year:

2011

Authors:

Reddy By VamsidharHall AndyV Rasheed Sulaiman

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Beyond Knowledge Brokerage: an exploratory study of innovation intermediaries in an evolving smallholder agricultural system in Kenya

This paper presents findings of an explorative case study that looked at 22 organisations identified as fulfilling an intermediary role in the Kenyan agricultural sector. The results show that these organisations fulfill functions that are not limited to distribution of...

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Publication year:

2011

Authors:

Kilele CatherineKlerkx LaurensLeeuwis CeesAndy Hall

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Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Capacity: are innovation brokers the answer?

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Publication year:

2009

Authors:

Klerkx LaurensHall AndyLeeuwis Cees

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Capacity Building for Agricultural Research for Development. Lessons from Practice in Papua New Guinea

This book contains a collection of papers that discuss the experience of an Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) capacity building program in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The program was the AusAID-funded Agricultural Research and Development Support Facility (ARDSF), which ran...

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Publication year:

2012

Authors:

Mbabu AdielHall Andy

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United Nations University-Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology

Resources from this Organisation

Missing the target: Lessons form enabling innovation in South Asia

Series Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Capacity: Are Innovation Brokers the Answer?

The when and where of research in agricultural innovation trajectories: Evidence and implications from RIU's South Asia projects

Beyond Knowledge Brokerage: an exploratory study of innovation intermediaries in an evolving smallholder agricultural system in Kenya

Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Capacity: are innovation brokers the answer?

Capacity Building for Agricultural Research for Development. Lessons from Practice in Papua New Guinea