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Eco-efficiency and agricultural innovation systems in developing countries: evidence from macro-level analysis

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Title Eco-efficiency and agricultural innovation systems in developing countries: evidence from macro-level analysis
 
Creator Grovermann, C.
Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
Muller, A.
Nichterlein, K.
 
Subject high yielding varieties
crops
fao
livelihoods
resilience
governance
 
Description Open Access Journal
Agricultural innovation is an essential component in the transition to more sustainable and resilient farming systems across the world. Innovations generally emerge from collective intelligence and action, but innovation systems are often poorly understood. This study explores the properties of innovation systems and their contribution to increased eco-efficiency in agriculture. Using aggregate data and econometric methods, the eco-efficiency of 79 countries was computed and a range of factors relating to research, extension, business and policy was examined. Despite data limitations, the analysis produced some interesting insights. For instance public research spending has a positive significant effect for emerging economies, while no statistically significant effect was found for foreign aid for research. However, foreign aid for extension is important in less developed economies. These and other results suggest the importance of context-specific interventions rather than a “one size fits all” approach. Overall, the analysis illustrated the potential of a macro-level diagnostic approach for assessing the role of innovation systems for sustainability in agriculture.
 
Date 2019-04-05
2019-08-23T09:09:38Z
2019-08-23T09:09:38Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Grovermann, C., Wossen, T., Muller, A. & Nichterlein, K. (2019). Eco-efficiency and agricultural innovation systems in developing countries: evidence from macro-level analysis. PLOS ONE, 14(4): e021411, 1-16.
1932-6203
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103388
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214115
SOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1-16
application/pdf
 
Source PLOS ONE