Iar4D Integrated Agricultural Research For Development: Revisiting Concepts, Practice, And Up-Scaling

The term 'Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D),' first coined in 2003, acknowledges the complexity of the agricultural system and the need to bring together not only different related research disciplines but also multiple actors (private sector, public sector, producer organisation and policymakers) to find joint solutions to the challenges of agricultural innovation. The book is produced in response traces the evolution of the concept back to its roots in an impressive range of theories and approaches from diverse disciplines, such as constructivism, participatory action research, stakeholder analysis, agricultural knowledge and information systems, systems thinking and multi-stakeholder processes, adult and experiential learning theory, knowledge management, farmer field schools, value chain analysis, social equity and gender frameworks and new institutional economics, among others