?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F10242%2F&rft.title=Innovation+platforms+as+vehicle+to+strengthen+stakeholders+capacity+to+innovate+for+improved+livelihoods+in+drylands+in+Asia+and+Sub+Saharan+Africa&rft.creator=Shalander%2C+K&rft.creator=Whitbread%2C+A+M&rft.creator=Rao%2C+K+P+C&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.subject=Sub-Saharan+Africa&rft.subject=Drylands&rft.description=Agriculture+is+the+engine+for+poverty+reduction+and+economic+development+in+the+developing+nations+The+sector+employs+over+50+of+the+population+in+South+Asia+SA+and+Sub+Saharan+Africa+SSA+and+contributes+significantly+to+their+Gross+Domestic+Product+GDP+McCullough+Pingali+and+Stamoulis+2008+Majority+of+agricultural+lands+in+these+regions+are+drylands+and+vulnerable+to+droughts+of+various+intensities+These+threats+are+far+more+pronounced+in+the+semiarid+and+arid+regions+Globally+drylands+occupy+some+609+billion+ha+with+a+population+of+21+billion+people+nearly+half+of+which+are+the+poorest+and+most+vulnerable+and+marginalized+in+the+world+UN+2013+Despite+the+importance+of+dryland+agriculture+for+the+livelihood+security+of+millions+of+rural+people+the+level+of+innovations+and+technological+change+in+the+sector+continues+to+be+slow+and+patchy+Access+to+and+adoption+of+technologies+and+innovations+remain+very+low+resulting+in+low+productivity+resource+degradation+and+persistent+poverty+Many+developing+countries+are+now+working+towards+improving+rural+livelihoods+of+smallholder+farmers+However+achieving+this+goal+will+require+transforming+the+traditional+top+down+technologydriven+extension+model+to+a+more+decentralized+farmerled+and+marketdriven+extension+system+Innovation+has+become+a+focus+of+dryland+agriculture+development+and+innovation+systems+are+the+centre+piece+of+many+development+projects+These+Innovation+systems+IS+approaches+emphasize+the+collective+dimension+of+innovation+pointing+to+the+need+to+effect+necessary+linkages+and+interaction+among+multiple+actors+IS+thinking+also+pays+attention+to+the+coevolution+of+innovation+processes+arguing+that+successful+innovation+results+from+alignment+of+technical+social+institutional+and+organizational+dimensions+Hall+2005+Hall+2007+These+insights+are+increasingly+informing+interventions+that+focus+on+supporting+multistakeholder+arrangements+such+as+innovation+platforms+IPs+as+mechanisms+for+enhancing+agriculture+innovations.&rft.publisher=ICRISAT&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F10242%2F1%2FInnovation-platforms.pdf&rft.identifier=++Shalander%2C+K+and+Whitbread%2C+A+M+and+Rao%2C+K+P+C++(2017)+Innovation+platforms+as+vehicle+to+strengthen+stakeholders+capacity+to+innovate+for+improved+livelihoods+in+drylands+in+Asia+and+Sub+Saharan+Africa.++Technical+Report.+ICRISAT.+++++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmel.cgiar.org%2Freporting%2Fdownload%2Fhash%2F24tuCgsx