Rural Innovation Systems

Enabling rural innovation in Africa : an approach for integrating farmer participatory research and market orientation for building the assets of rural poor

Sanginga, P.C. | cop. 2004
  • Author(s): Sanginga, P.C.
  • Publisher: National agricultural research organisation
  • Pages: 942--957
  • Keywords: small farms, innovations, market research, popular participation, poverty, africa south of sahara
An integrated approach for demand-driven and market-orientated agricultural research and rural agro-enterprise development is outlined. This approach is termed Enabling Rural Innovation and links farmer participatory research and market research.

Strengthening social capital for improving decision-making in natural resource management in the highlands of southwestern Uganda

Sanginga, Pascal C. and Martin, Adrienne M. and Kamugisha, Rick N. | 2004
  • Author(s): Sanginga, Pascal C. and Martin, Adrienne M. and Kamugisha, Rick N.
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: --75
  • Keywords: social development, measurement, human resources, capacity building, natural resources, environmental management, research, popular participation
This literature review on measuring social capital demonstrates that effective decentralization of natural resources management must be supported by mature social capital. Participatory action research can strengthen social capital.

Institutional innovation for sustainable agriculture and rural resources management : changing the rules of the game

Santamarيa, Guerra Julio | 2003
  • Author(s): Santamarيa, Guerra Julio
  • Publisher: Author
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: research centres, organizational change, innovations, rural development, sustainable agriculture, natural resources, environmental management, panama
A new theory of action for the management and facilitation of institutional innovation in rural research & development organizations was developed through study of the evolution of such theories in practice.

Using net-map to assess and improve agricultural innovation systems

Schiffer, Eva | cop. 2012
  • Author(s): Schiffer, Eva
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: 593--597
  • Keywords: agricultural innovations, social interaction, information networks
Net-Map is a participatory influence network mapping method based on social network analysis and power mapping. This pen-and-paper method helps determine who the agricultural innovation actors are, how they are linked, how influential they are and what the crucial bottlenecks and opportunities are.

Transitions and trajectories in the build-up of innovation capabilities : insights from the global value chain approach

Schmitz, Hubert | 2007
  • Author(s): Schmitz, Hubert
  • Publisher: Korean society for innovation management and economics (KOSIME)]
  • Pages: 151--160
  • Keywords: industrial development, industrial production, capacity building, technological innovations, historical research, developing countries
This paper builds on insights derived from the global value chain literature by focussing on the agenda of Martin Bell for understanding transitions and trajectories for enhancing innovation capabilities.
 

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