Title: An innovation systems approach to institutional change : smallholder development in West Africa

Authors: Hounkonnou, Dominique

Place: [Amsterdam]

Publisher: Elsevier

Year: 2012

Journal: Agricultural systems

Volume: 108

PAGE: 74--83

Subject: Rural Innovation Systems

Keywords: agricultural innovations, institutional infrastructure, co-operation between organizations, africa

Abstract: The article zooms in on Innovation Platforms (IPs) as a promising innovation system approach to institutional change. It describes the concrete experience with IPs in the Sub-Sahara Challenge Program (SSA-CP) and in the Convergence of Sciences: Strengthening Innovation Systems (CoS-SIS) Program.

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Document type: E-article