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Scaling up research-for-development innovations in food and agricultural systems

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Title Scaling up research-for-development innovations in food and agricultural systems
 
Creator Shilomboleni, Helena
Plaen, Renaud de
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
 
Description The last decade has seen a growing interest in scaling up innovations to realise wider benefits from development investments. While numerous proven technologies, products and models have been successfully piloted, scaling them up through expansion, adoption and replication has proved challenging, particularly in poor regions of the world. The low uptake of innovations is partially attributed to the design of technologies, in a manner that is not compatible with local farming practices. At the same time, proven innovations fail to generate large impacts at scale because implementing actors have not sufficiently understood or effectively engaged with the scaling process. This article shares lessons from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) that supported applied research to develop, test and scale up promising food and nutrition security innovations. Key lessons include ensuring that innovations are embedded within local socio-ecological systems; engaging end users throughout the research process and enabling participatory decision-making; and considering the investment returns of innovations for end-users.
 
Date 2019-08-18
2019-06-06T17:02:39Z
2019-06-06T17:02:39Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Shilomboleni H, De Plaen R. 2019. Scaling up research-for-development innovations in food and agricultural systems. Development in Practice 29(6):723-734.
0961-4524
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101493
https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2019.1590531
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 723-734
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Development in Practice