Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Research
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.crpIntegrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
cg.coverage.countryBurundi
cg.coverage.countryCongo, Democratic Republic of
cg.coverage.countryRwanda
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BI
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CD
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2RW
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierMarc Schut: 0000-0002-3361-4581
cg.creator.identifierLaurens Klerkx: 0000-0002-1664-886X
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/s001447971500023x
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn0014-4797
cg.issue4
cg.journalExperimental Agriculture
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.iitaKNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
cg.subject.iitaPOLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS
cg.volume52
dc.contributor.authorSchut, Marc
dc.contributor.authorKlerkx, Laurens
dc.contributor.authorSartas, Murat
dc.contributor.authorLamers, D.
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, M.
dc.contributor.authorOgbonna, I.
dc.contributor.authorKaushik, P.
dc.contributor.authorAtta-Krah, Kwesi
dc.contributor.authorLeeuwis, Cees
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-07T14:16:56Zen
dc.date.available2016-07-07T14:16:56Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/76008
dc.titleInnovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for developmenten
dcterms.abstractInnovation Platforms (IPs) are seen as a promising vehicle to foster a paradigm shift in agricultural research for development (AR4D). By facilitating interaction, negotiation and collective action between farmers, researchers and other stakeholders, IPs can contribute to more integrated, systemic innovation that is essential for achieving agricultural development impacts. However, successful implementation of IPs requires institutional change within AR4D establishments. The objective of this paper is to reflect on the implementation and institutionalisation of IPs in present AR4D programmes. We use experiences from sub-Saharan Africa to demonstrate how the adoption and adaptation of IPs creates both opportunities and challenges that influence platform performance and impact. Niche-regime theory is used to understand challenges, and anticipate on how to deal with them. A key concern is whether IPs in AR4D challenge or reinforce existing technology-oriented agricultural innovation paradigms. For example, stakeholder representation, facilitation and institutional embedding determine to a large extent whether the IP can strengthen systemic capacity to innovate that can lead to real paradigm change, or are merely ‘old wine in new bottles’ and a continuation of ‘business as usual’. Institutional embedding of IPs and – more broadly – the transition from technology-oriented to system-oriented AR4D approaches requires structural changes in organisational mandates, incentives, procedures and funding, as well as investments in exchange of experiences, learning and capacity development.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2015-10-15
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSchut, M., Klerkx, L., Sartas, M., Lamers, D., Campbell, M., Ogbonna, I.,... & Leeuwis, C. Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development. Experimental Agriculture, 1-25.en
dcterms.extentp. 537-561
dcterms.issued2016-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherCambridge University Press
dcterms.subjectagricultural developmenten
dcterms.subjectinnovationen
dcterms.subjecttechnology transferen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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