Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Type of Organization:

International cooperation

Website:

http://www.kit.nl

The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam is an independent centre of knowledge and expertise in the areas of international and intercultural cooperation, operating at the interface between theory and practice and between policy and implementation. The Institute contributes to sustainable development, poverty alleviation and cultural preservation and exchange.

Areas of activity:

Research

Focus of Capacity Development:

Individual

Organizational

Institutional

Resources from this Organisation

Farmers’ organizations and agricultural innovation

In-depth analysis of the role and capacity development needs of farmers organization in innovation processes, using the evidence from a number of case studies from contemporary SSA agriculture. Experiences indicate that FOs can play an important role in sharing knowledge-for-innovation...

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Publication year:

2006

Authors:

Wennink BertusHeemskerk Willem

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Making Sense of Capacity Development: experiences with Technical Assistance and capacity development in the HIV response

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Publication year:

2010

Authors:

Wigboldus SeerpNell Arend-JanBrouwer Hermanvan der Lee Jan

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Bringing New Ideas into Practice: Experiments with Agricultural Innovation

This review studied a selection of projects from the Research Into Use (RIU) Africa portfolio: the Nyagatare maize platform in Rwanda; the cowpea platform in Kano state, Nigeria; the pork platform in Malawi, the Farm Input Promotions (FIPS) Best Bet in Kenya,...

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Publication year:

2012

Authors:

Gildemacher PeterMur Remco

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Against the grain and to the roots: Maize and cassava innovation platforms in West and Central Africa

West and Central African Council for Africulture Research and Development (WECARD) and Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) research that explores how national agricultural research organisations use innovation platforms to strengthen innovation capacity and address capacity gaps in sector development. The aim is to share...

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Publication year:

2014

Authors:

Sanyang SidiPyburn RhiannonMur RemcoAudet-Belanger Genevieve

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Report: Creating Wealth with Seed Potatoes in Ethiopia

Wealth creation through integrated development of potato production brings together a wide range of positive livelihood changes for potato farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia (Nairobi, Kenya) The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) released evaluation reports on a CFC-funded and...

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Publication year:

2014

Authors:

Bymolt Roger

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Against the Grain and to the Roots

The book includes a significant discussion in the role of innovation platforms and how they relate to IAR4D and the innovation system perspective, with treatment both at the theoretical and case study level (Africa)

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Publication year:

2014

Authors:

Sanyang SidiRyburn RhiannonMur Remco

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Innovation for Fashion or Action? Building Innovation Capacity

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...

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Publication year:

2012

Authors:

Nederlof SuzanneRemco Mur

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Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Resources from this Organisation

Farmers’ organizations and agricultural innovation

Making Sense of Capacity Development: experiences with Technical Assistance and capacity development in the HIV response

Bringing New Ideas into Practice: Experiments with Agricultural Innovation

Against the grain and to the roots: Maize and cassava innovation platforms in West and Central Africa

Report: Creating Wealth with Seed Potatoes in Ethiopia

Against the Grain and to the Roots

Innovation for Fashion or Action? Building Innovation Capacity