The aim of this report is to provide a detailed review of documented social learning processes for climate changeand natural resource managementas described in peer-reviewed literature. Particular focus is on identifying (1) lessons and principles, (2) tools and approaches, (3) evaluation of social learning, as well as (4) concrete examples of impacts that social learning has contributed to.
Four types of scaling are discussed in this brief. The first two focus on ways individual technologies or interventions are taken to scale through platforms. The third is when a platform adjusts to address different scales. The fourth is when the innovation platform approach is replicated. This brief is part of the series of ‘practice briefs’ intended to help guide agricultural research practitioners who seek to support and implement innovation platforms.
This report provides a synthesis of all findings and information generated through a “stocktaking” process that involved a desk study of Prolinnova documents and evaluation reports, a questionnaire to 40 staff members of international organizations in agricultural research and development (ARD), self-assessment by the Country Platforms (CPs) and backstopping visits to five CPs. In 2014, the Prolinnova network saw a need to re-strategise in a changing context, and started this process by reviewing the activities it had undertaken and assessing its own functioning.
This paper illustrates already practiced models and strategies of high impact innovations around the world with particular respect to India. The shown examples of innovative businesses were selected based on four criteria reflecting their innovative character. Firstly, innovations need to fulfil a value for the life of people which exceeds the mere use of the product. Secondly, it requires good quality products or service for an affordable price even for lower income groups.
Various authors have identified the potential relevance of innovation system approaches for inclusive innovation, that is, the means by which new goods and services are developed for and by the poor. However, it is still a question how best to operationalize this. Innovation platforms (IPs) represent an example of putting an inclusive innovation system approach into practice by bringing different types of stakeholders together to address issues of mutual concern and interest with a specific focus on the marginalized poor.
This paper examines the role of postsecondary agricultural education and training (AET) in sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the region’s agricultural innovation systems. Specifically, the paper looks at how AET in sub-Saharan Africa can contribute to agricultural development by strengthening innovative capacity, or the ability of individuals and organisations to introduce new products and processes that are socially or economically relevant, particularly with respect to smallholder farmers who represent the largest group of agricultural producers in the region.
Se realizó un estudio con el objetivo de identificar las brechas de formación en cuanto a la capacidad gerencial; la situación actual en instituciones, organizaciones y proyectos respecto a la determinación de la demanda de formación de capacidades en cultura y gestión empresarial en el marco agropecuario; así como los actores con posibilidades de asumir labores como promotores, facilitadores y formadores, que dieran respuesta a un programa de formación propuesto para los años 2015-2017.
Con el objetivo de conocer aspectos relevantes que constituyen aprendizajes en el proceso de gestión del desarrollo local en el municipio Perico, provincia de Matanzas –Cuba–, se realizó un ejercicio de sistematización en el período 2013-2016. Para el análisis se tomó como guía las variables identificadas en el eje de «gestión para el desarrollo», en sus dimensiones productiva y cultural asociativa.
Este artículo tiene como objetivo facilitar la comprensión sobre la relevancia de las percepciones de los actores para el cambio social y la sostenibilidad de las transformaciones que se ejecutan en el entorno agropecuario municipal, ante la complejidad de los escenarios actuales.
Con el propósito de apoyar y facilitar el monitoreo y evaluación (M&E) de la producción integrada de alimentos y energía en Cuba, se diseñó BiomaSoft, un sistema informático para el M&E de la producción integrada de alimentos y energía en municipios cubanos. El objetivo del presente artículo es brindar una descripción de los principales aspectos en la implementación y el desarrollo de dicho sistema, para lo cual se describen textualmente sus casos de uso y se brindan los diagramas de clases del diseño específicos para cada uno.