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Managing complexity and uncertainty in agricultural innovation through adaptive project design and implementation

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Title Managing complexity and uncertainty in agricultural innovation through adaptive project design and implementation
 
Creator Bentley, J.W.
Naziri, D.
Prain, Gordon
Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi
Mayanja, S.
Devaux, A.
Thiele, Graham
 
Subject environment
agriculture
agricultural innovation system
africa south of sahara
 
Description The recent shift towards agricultural innovation systems recognises that agricultural development is complex and must involve multiple actors. This makes innovation through a project framework inherently challenging. This article draws lessons from a project that fostered post-harvest innovations in Uganda. First, a two-stage design allowed scoping out business cases with partners to identify potential innovations. Second, stakeholders used the Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA) to flexibly develop the innovations. Third, flexible funding made it possible to seize new opportunities along the way. Fourth, the project was attentive to surprises in implementation and encouraged reflection.
 
Date 2021-02-17
2021-01-06T16:27:17Z
2021-01-06T16:27:17Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Bentley, J.W., Naziri, D., Prain, G., Kikulwe, E., Mayanja, S., Devaux, A., Thiele, G. (2020) Managing complexity and uncertainty in agricultural innovation through adaptive project design and implementation. Development in Practice. ISSN: 1364-9213. 16 p.
1364-9213
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110725
https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2020.1832047
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 198-213
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Development in practice