Document aimed for discussion and learning about innovation platforms (InPs). It has been informed by experiences and lessons from the existing agricultural innovation platforms in Southern, Eastern and Western Africa.
This book is about the challenges and practical realities of building the capacity to innovate. It describes the experiences of the Research Into Use (RIU) programme, a fi ve-year, multi-country investment by DFID that aimed to extract development impact from...
Managing the ability of agriculture to meet rising global demand and to respond to the changes and opportunities will require good policy, sustained investments, and innovation - not business as usual. Investments in public Research and Development, extension, education, and...