Public Agricultural Research in an Era of Transformation: The Challenge of Agri-Food System Innovation - Resource Document I: Case studies

This document is accompanyng the volume Public Agricultural Research in an Era of Transformation: The Challenge of Agri-Food System Innovation (available in TAPipedia here), which provides some of the groundwork in answering the question of how the CGIAR system and other public agricultural research organisations should adapt and respond to an era of transformation framed by the SDGs.

The case studies presented in full in this accompanying document are based on secondary information (journal articles, grey literature, published evaluations). The emphasis in the case studies is the description of events and the presentation of evidence rather than interpretation through any particular conceptual perspective. The preparation of each case study was guided by an outline with the following sections: introduction, challenge or opportunity being tackled, description of the innovation, innovation pathway, impact evidence and consequences.

Case studies:

1. Australian Cotton Industry
2. Environmental Management, Cotton Industry, Australia
3. Barleymax™
4. East African Dairy Development Project’s Dairy Hubs
5. East Coast Fever Infection And Treatment Method
6. Foot And Mouth Disease Eradication In The Philippines
7. Forage In Indonesia
8. Golden Rice
9. Marine Stewardship Council
10. Mass Marketing Of The Treadle Pump In Bangladesh
11. Novacq™
12. Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato In Sub-Saharan Africa
13. Rural Water Use Efficiency, Queensland
14. Salmon Production In Chile
15. Sundrop Farms, Australia
16. Thai Poultry Exports