This is a presentation in occasion of the Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050, FAO, Rome October 2009. It summarizes the homonym paper, in which it is argued that a new paradigm has started to emerge as to how to use agriculture for development, pursuing a broadened development agenda.
This presentation focuses on Agricultural Innovation Systems in different sectors, including the South African wine sector in the apartheid era.
This book documents the proof of the Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) Concept that was developed by the Forum for Agricultural Research for Development in Africa (FARA). The IAR4D concept forms the basis for the Sub Saharan Africa Challenge...
This policy brief presents, explains and illustrates the five key recommendations that came out of the joint learning process during the JOLISAA project: 1. Build on innovation “in the social wild”; 2. Combine local and external knowledge and ideas to enhance innovative...
This report is about the Directorate General for Development and Cooperation (DEVCO) approach to Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) in the context of how well it responds to current policy priorities in sustainable agriculture, nutrition and resilience, and how it...
This report elaborates on how to use the agricultural knowledge and innovation systems framework to promote innovation at different levels with special focus on European issues related to the implementation of Horizon 2020. It is of value as a conceptual...