Rural Innovation Systems

Promoting inclusive innovation

Utz, Anuja and Dahlman, Carl | 2007]
  • Author(s): Utz, Anuja and Dahlman, Carl
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: 105--128
  • Keywords: technological innovations, poverty alleviation, research and development, co-operation between organizations, public sector, private sector, nongovernmental organizations, south asia, india
Incentives for pro-poor early-stage technology development (ESTD) and commercialization by the formal sector should be created by providing grants to collaborations among R&D entities, industry, universities, and poverty alleviation networks.

The arabesque of local knowledge : potatoes, farmers and technicians in highland Tiraque, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Uzeda Vلsquez, H. Andrés C. | 2005
  • Author(s): Uzeda Vلsquez, H. Andrés C.
  • Publisher: Author
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: indigenous knowledge, agriculture, technological change, potatoes, peasantry, farmers, agricultural extension, experts, rural sociology, bolivia
The implications of technological innovation in the practice of local farmers are determined, using an actor-oriented approach and drawing on previous social anthropological work.

The when and where of research in agricultural innovation trajectories : evidence and implications from RIU's South Asia projects

Vamsidhar Reddy, T.S. and Hall, Andy and Sulaiman V., Rasheed | 2011
  • Author(s): Vamsidhar Reddy, T.S. and Hall, Andy and Sulaiman V., Rasheed
  • Publisher: Research into results]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural innovations, development strategies, agricultural research, asia
Two key analytical principles are used to find how research is actually put into use: (1) the configurations of organisations and their relationships associated with innovation; (2) understanding innovation as a path-dependent, contextually shaped trajectory unfolding over time.

New organisational and institutional vehicles for managing innovation in South Asia : opportunities for using research for technical change and social gain

Vamsidhar Reddy, T.S. and Hall, Andy and Sulaiman V., Rasheed | 2010
  • Author(s): Vamsidhar Reddy, T.S. and Hall, Andy and Sulaiman V., Rasheed
  • Publisher: United nations university (UNU). Maastricht economic and social research and training centre on innovation and technology (MERIT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural innovations, development strategies, private sector, rural development, asia
Four new modes of innovation are explored: contract farming, organised retailing, hybrid enterprises, and social venture capital. The first two illustrate the role the private corporate sector can play. The second two modes combine features of bottom-of-the-pyramid and below-the-radar innovation.

People and pro-poor innovation systems

Van Mele, Paul Liliane Jozef and Salahuddin, Ahmad and Magor, Noel P. | 2005]
  • Author(s): Van Mele, Paul Liliane Jozef and Salahuddin, Ahmad and Magor, Noel P.
  • Publisher: CABI
  • Pages: 257--296
  • Keywords: poverty alleviation, development projects, rice, agricultural innovations, development strategies, social interaction, bangladesh
A synthesis of the lessons learnt from IRRI's Poverty Elimination Through Rice Research Assistance (PETRRA) project in Bangladesh. Subjects include actor interaction and the concept of transaction cost theory.
 

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