This project report from Wageningen UR (as a contribution to the CGIAR Humid Tropics research program) examines critical issues for reflection when designing and implementing research for development in innovation platforms’. The current document therefore aims to increase awareness about the complexity of research in innovation. The underlying idea is that innovation platforms can facilitate institutional changes and support system innovations through increased interaction, negotiation and learning between stakeholders, including (new) roles of research(ers).
Innovation platforms are fast becoming part of the mantra of agricultural research and development projects and programs with an innovation objective.
Increasingly, (inter)national development organisations are investing in programmes for youth in agribusiness throughout Africa.