Agricultural research organisations’ role in the emergence of agricultural innovation systems

Hellin, Jon and Camacho Villa, Carolina (2016) Agricultural research organisations’ role in the emergence of agricultural innovation systems. Development in Practice, 27 (1). pp. 111-115. ISSN 0961-4524

Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2017.1256373

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Abstract

Poor farmers seldom benefit from new agricultural technologies. In response, research and extension approaches based on agricultural innovation systems are popular. Often agricultural research organisations are the network brokers, facilitating the emergence of the innovation system. Based on an analysis of the Sustainable Modernization of Traditional Agriculture (MasAgro) initiative in Mexico, this viewpoint suggests that such organisations are more often suitable network brokers when the objective is the development and scaling out of a technology by itself. When the objectives are multi-faceted and include extension and education, other actors are better placed to be the network broker.

Keywords:Environment (built and natural) – Agriculture, Food security, Aid – Monitoring and Evaluation, Civil society – Partnership, Participation, Latin America and the Caribbean
Subjects:L Social studies > L310 Applied Sociology
L Social studies > L300 Sociology
Divisions:College of Science > Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology
ID Code:50893
Deposited On:19 Oct 2022 11:29

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