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Innovation systems: Implications for agricultural policy and practice

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Title Innovation systems: Implications for agricultural policy
and practice
 
Creator Hall, A
Mytelka, L
Oyeyinka, B
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Farmers and businesses need to adapt constantly if they are to survive and compete in the rapidly evolving environment
associated with the contemporary agricultural sector. Rethinking agricultural research as part of a dynamic system of
innovation could help to design ways of creating and sustaining conditions that will support the process of adaptation
and innovation. This approach involves developing the working styles and practices of individuals and organizations
and the incentives, support structures and policy environments that encourage innovation. Previous efforts to support
agricultural sector innovation largely targeted agricultural policy and research organizations. The systems approach
recognizes that innovation takes place through the interaction of a broader set of organizations and activities. These
patterns of interaction and working styles and practices – or institutions as they are referred to by social scientists –
need to adapt continuously if they are to meet the changing demands of the evolving agricultural sector. Institutional
learning is central to this process and will ensure research organizations remain relevant and continue to introduce
innovations that impact positively on the livelihoods of the poor.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2005
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5281/1/ILAC-Brief2.pdf
Hall, A and Mytelka, L and Oyeyinka, B (2005) Innovation systems: Implications for agricultural policy and practice. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.