Dealing with critical challenges in African innovation platforms: Lessons for facilitation

Cornelis P.M. Swaans, Beth Cullen, Andre F. van Rooyen, A. Adekunle, H. Ngwenya, Zelalem Lema and S. Nederlof

Chapter 10 in Innovation for inclusive value-chain development: successes and challenges, 2016, pp 303-328 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Dynamic innovation processes and differences in interests, capacities, and power present challenges for platform facilitators. Based on group reflection on their own personal experiences facilitating innovation platforms, Chapter 10 (Swaans et al.) discusses key issues that are critical for effective platform facilitation.

Keywords: innovation; research; value chains; retail marketing; transport; farmers organizations; smallholders; market access; trade; wholesale marketing; producer organizations; food processing; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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