Exploring innovation capabilities build up in the deployment of crop biotechnology innovation in Kenya

Ann N. Kingiri

Innovation and Development, 2022, vol. 12, issue 2, 305-324

Abstract: Agro-biotechnology deployment has been very slow in Africa, yet it has potential for enhancing sustainable development and industrialization. This paper attempts to understand the underlying factors that characterize the new technologies’ deployment process. It takes buildup of innovation capabilities as the point of interrogation considering that very few products have received regulatory approval for large-scale commercialization in Africa. It uses Kenya’s agro-biotech innovation system as a case study. The study finds that creating and accumulating innovation capabilities is much broader than research and development (R & D) capability and entails institutional capabilities that are needed to enhance biotech innovation that may lead to a sustainable industrialization.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2021.1884934

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