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Innovation platforms in agricultural research for development

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11049/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479718000200
10.1017/S0014479718000200
 
Title Innovation platforms in agricultural research for development
 
Creator Schut, M
Kamanda, J
Gramzow, A
Dubois, T
Stoian, D
Andersson, J A
Dror, I
Sartas, M
Mur, R
Kassam, S
Brouwer, H
Devaux, A
Velasco, C
Flor, R J
Gummert, M
Buizer, D
McDougall, C
Davis, K
Homann-Kee Tui, S
Lundy, M
 
Subject Agriculture
Agricultural R&D
Innovation
Agricultural Research
 
Description Innovation platforms are fast becoming part of the mantra of agricultural research for development projects and programmes. Their basic tenet is that stakeholders depend on one another to achieve agricultural development outcomes, and hence need a space where they can learn, negotiate and coordinate to overcome challenges and capture opportunities through a facilitated innovation process. Although much has been written on how to implement and facilitate innovation platforms efficiently, few studies support ex-ante appraisal of when and for what purpose innovation platforms provide an appropriate mechanism for achieving development outcomes, and what kinds of human and financial resource investments and enabling environments are required. Without these insights, innovation platforms run the risk of being promoted as a panacea for all problems in the agricultural sector. This study makes clear that not all constraints will require innovation platforms and, if there is a simpler and cheaper alternative, that should be considered first. Based on the review of critical design principles and plausible outcomes of innovation platforms, this study provides a decision support tool for research, development and funding agencies that can enhance more critical thinking about the purposes and conditions under which innovation platforms can contribute to achieving agricultural development outcomes.
 
Publisher Cambridge University Press
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11049/1/innovation_platforms_in_agricultural_research_for_development.pdf
Schut, M and Kamanda, J and Gramzow, A and Dubois, T and Stoian, D and Andersson, J A and Dror, I and Sartas, M and Mur, R and Kassam, S and Brouwer, H and Devaux, A and Velasco, C and Flor, R J and Gummert, M and Buizer, D and McDougall, C and Davis, K and Homann-Kee Tui, S and Lundy, M (2018) Innovation platforms in agricultural research for development. Experimental Agriculture (TSI). pp. 1-22. ISSN 0014-4797