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Dealing with critical challenges in African innovation platforms: Lessons for facilitation

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Title Dealing with critical challenges in African innovation platforms: Lessons for facilitation
 
Creator Swaans, Kees
 
Contributor Cullen, Beth
van Rooyen, Andre
Adekunle, Adewale
Ngwenya, Hlami
Lema Moti, Zelalem
Nederlof, Suzanne
 
Subject innovation platform
 
Description There is growing scientific recognition of innovation platforms (IPs) and the role of facilitation in catalyzing agricultural innovation (see
Klerkx and Gildemacher 2011; Hounkonnou et al. 2012; Klerkx, Mierlo, and Leeuwis 2012), with increasing documentation of
experiences from practitioners (see Hawkins et al. 2009; Nederlof, Wongtschowski, and Van der Lee 2011; Nederlof and Pyburn 2012;
Mbabu and Hall 2012). IPs have become increasingly popular, and run the risk of becoming a void concept or misunderstood—for
example, because they are taken as merely mechanisms to regulate value chains or to extend new technologies to large numbers of
farmers (PAEPARD 2013; Darbas and Sumberg 2013); still, the discussion whether or not IPs are useful and effective is a relevant
one. In this chapter, we argue that the success of an IP depends on the attitude and skills of the facilitator. Indeed, one of the most
frequent questions from practitioners is: How do we best facilitate IPs?...
 
Date 2016-11-11
2017-02-08T22:40:09Z
2017-02-08T22:40:09Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9778
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Kees Swaans, Beth Cullen, Andre van Rooyen, Adewale Adekunle, Hlami Ngwenya, Zelalem Lema Moti, Suzanne Nederlof. (11/11/2016). Dealing with critical challenges in African innovation platforms: Lessons for facilitation, in "Innovation for Inclusive ValueChain Development: Successes and Challenges". Washington, United States: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5577
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)