Understanding innovation platform effectiveness through experiences from west and central Africa

Jocelyn Davies, Yiheyis Maru, Andrew Hall (), Issoufou Kollo Abdourhamane, Anselme Adegbidi, Peter Carberry, Kumuda Dorai, Stella Ama Ennin, Prince Maxwell Etwire, Larelle McMillan, Aboubakar Njoya, Souleymane Ouedraogo, Adama Traoré, Traoré–Gué, Nessenindoa Julienne and Ian Watson

Agricultural Systems, 2018, vol. 165, issue C, 321-334

Abstract: Innovation platforms (IPs) are a way of organizing multistakeholder interactions, marshalling ideas, people and resources to address challenges and opportunities embedded in complex settings. The approach has its roots in theories of complexity, the concept of innovation systems and practices of participatory action research. IPs have been widely adopted across Africa and beyond in recent years as a “must have” tool in a range of “for development” modes of agricultural research. Our experiences with establishing and facilitating nine IPs in local settings in west and central Africa contribute to understanding factors that impact on their effectiveness.

Keywords: Agricultural research for development; Crop-livestock integration; IAR4D; Innovation systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.12.014

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