Multi-stakeholder partnerships network which is typified by the FARA-led Integrated Agriculture Research for Development (IAR4D) of the SSA-Challenge Program is an innovation platform (IP) composed of stakeholders bound together by their individual interests in a shared commodity or outcome. The result from such innovation platforms is largely influenced by the strength of the network. In this paper, similarities within and across platforms are assessed using the simple matching procedure. Results indicate consistency in conduct of Innovation Platform activities.
This chapter is a part of the book Integrated Agricultural Research for Development: from Concept to Practice. It focuses on the development and implementation of action plans for innovation platforms (IPs). The chapter introduces the constitution of committees, IP operationalisation, the case of IP functioning in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and post-formation issues for IPs.
Este documento describe la experiencia del taller sobre el tema de Manejo Forestal Comunitario que se llevó a cabo en la ciudad de Santa Cruz de la Sierra en Bolivia.
The chapter is a part of the book Integrated Agricultural Research for Development: from Concept to Practice.
This review seeks to assess the usefulness of innovation systems approaches in the context of the Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) in guiding research agendas, generating knowledge and use in improving food security and nutrition, reducing poverty and generating cash incomes for resource-poor farmers. The report draws on a range of case studies across sub-Saharan Africa to compare and contrast the reasons for success from which lessons can be learned.
In order to facilitate improved returns to research and development in African agriculture, the innovation systems approach which engenders the involvement of multiple stakeholders in its innovation pathway, has been proposed. Despite the potential of this approach, the understanding of its implementation and particularly of the process of setting up its multi-stakeholder platform is still largely lacking. Yet, this platform is critical to the success and sustainability of the operations of the platform.
In sub-Saharan Africa, there is increasing interest for the adaptation and use of the innovation systems approach to advance learning and development in the Agricultural Research and Development (ARD) sector. This crave is constrained by unavailability of a proven blue print that describe the paradigm shift from the linear approach and how such could function under different socio-economic, cultural and political climate.
Este informe busca hacer el mapeo de actores y la captura de sus visiones para determinar las demandas y necesidades de los sectores, para que sirvan de elementos sustantivos para diseñar y ejecutar políticas públicas, marcos regulatorios e intervenciones directas que tengan un alto impacto en el desarrollo de ambas cadenas, coadyuvando de esta manera a garantizar la seguridad alimentaria y reducir la pobreza extrema en el área rural de Nicaragua
El presente documento recoge una buena cantidad de insumos que informan sobre los procesos que están dirigiendo el desarrollo tecnológico de la cadena, se describen las temáticas y las tecnologías que cada actor o actores así como la agenda que están impulsando. Además, se identifican las áreas líderes hacia donde se está enfatizando y/o orientando la promoción de la innovación, temas comunes, posibilidades de cooperación y vacios temáticos.
El presente estudio es una herramienta técnica para orientar los esfuerzos de las redes nacionales de innovación tecnológica en Honduras, y tiene como objetivo identificar la problemática y la agenda para la innovación tecnológica de los actores de la cadena de maíz en el país.