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Embedding research for innovation to meet societal needs in national research systems : Experiences from Ghana
- Source :
- Cahiers Agricultures 25 (2016) 6, Cahiers Agricultures, 25(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The experiences synthesised in this article indicate how significant effects in two agricultural domains have been achieved by creating pathways for inter-dependent socio-technical and institutional changes, at a range of levels of action, governance and policy-making. The synthesis emphasizes the importance of co-learning, experimentation, and critical reflection among a wide network of ‘champions’ of transformational change on behalf of smallholder farmers and processors. It shows that innovation processes may involve actors along entire value chains, industry leaders at national level, or local level actors seeking to widen the space for change beyond their immediate circle of direct influence. While the research and development initiatives of the domains are shown to have been critical in identifying the constraints and opportunities of smallholders, and also to the effects documented, this was largely because the research effort converged around empirically grounded problems and opportunities identified. The information sought, and the solutions found useful, were determined by the members of innovation platforms that drove the processes of change.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Value (ethics)
WASS
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Space (commercial competition)
01 natural sciences
Ghana
Cocoa
Economics
National level
Innovation platforms
Marketing
Cross-scale agricultural transformations
business.industry
Corporate governance
Environmental resource management
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Processes of change
Action (philosophy)
Transformational leadership
Institutional innovation
Agriculture
Technologie and Innovatie
Oil palm
040103 agronomy & agriculture
Knowledge Technology and Innovation
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Kennis
Animal Science and Zoology
business
Agronomy and Crop Science
Kennis, Technologie and Innovatie
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17775949
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cahiers Agricultures 25 (2016) 6, Cahiers Agricultures, 25(6)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dbf4293beb27c3770cf30c231197bd4d