Innovation systems: Towards effective strategies in support of smallholder farmers
The result of an expert consultation, this publication examines ‘innovations systems’ – a concept suggested as underpinning industrial development – as a strategy for agricultural development. Innovation systems approaches conceptualise change as a long-term, socially-embedded process, and recognise the important role policy plays in shaping the parameters within which decisions are made. Providing a collection of papers and commentaries from the world’s top scholars and practitioners, this book looks at the strengths – but also the weaknesses and challenges – of the innovations systems approach and how it may be applied to benefit smallholder farmers.
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Introduction
Chapter 1. Innovation Systems and Agriculture
Chapter 2. Innovation Systems Approaches to Agriculture and Rural Development
Chapter 3. Innovation Systems Approaches in a Time of Transition - Lynn Mytelka
Chapter 4. What is Systemic about Innovation Systems?
Chapter 5. The Use of Innovation Systems in a Technology Development Programme
Chapter 6. Building Innovation Capacity of Local Actors
Chapter 7. Innovation Systems and Capability Building among Smallholder Farmers
Chapter 8. Political Power in Innovation Systems
Chapter 9. The Uses of Research
Chapter 10. Research and Experimentation in Support of Artisanal Palm Oil Production in Ghana
Chapter 11. Innovation Platform and Pricing Policies
Chapter 12. The Theory of Change Underlying the Efficiency of Agricultural Innovation Platforms (IPs)
Chapter 13. Innovation Platforms for Smallholders in Maize and Cassava Value Chains
Chapter 14. Making Sense of Innovation Processes in African Smallholder Agriculture
Chapter 15. The Journey to R4D
Chapter 16. Innovation Systems, Douglas, Douglass and Beyond
Chapter 17. Innovation Systems, Agricultural Development and Economic Empowerment - >Free download
