Scaling and institutionalization within agricultural innovation systems: the case of cocoa farmer field schools in Cameroon



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DOI: 
10.1080/14735903.2018.1440469
ISSN: 
1747-762X
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Licence de la ressource: 
Creative Commons Attribution-Pas d'utilisation commerciale-Pas de modifications (CC BY-NC-ND)
Type: 
Article de journal
Journal: 
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Volume: 
2018
Auteur: 
Muilerman S.
Description: 

The farmer field school (FFS) concept has been widely adopted, and such schools have the reputation of strengthening farmers’ capacity to innovate. Although their impact has been studied widely, what is involved in their scaling and in their becoming an integral part of agricultural innovation systems has been studied much less. In the case of the Sustainable Tree Crops Programme in Cameroon, we investigate how a public–private partnership (PPP) did not lead to satisfactory widespread scaling in the cocoa innovation system. We build a detailed understanding of the key dimensions and dynamics involved and the wider lessons that might be learned regarding complex scaling processes in the context of agricultural innovation systems. Original interview data and document analysis inform the case study. A specific analytical approach was used to structure the broad-based exploration of the qualitative dataset

Αnnée de publication: 
2018
Μots-clés: 
Africa
Cameroon
Cocoa
agricultural extension
Innovation