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creators_name: Schut, M
creators_name: Kamanda, J
creators_name: Gramzow, A
creators_name: Dubois, T
creators_name: Stoian, D
creators_name: Andersson, J A
creators_name: Dror, I
creators_name: Sartas, M
creators_name: Mur, R
creators_name: Kassam, S
creators_name: Brouwer, H
creators_name: Devaux, A
creators_name: Velasco, C
creators_name: Flor, R J
creators_name: Gummert, M
creators_name: Buizer, D
creators_name: McDougall, C
creators_name: Davis, K
creators_name: Homann-Kee Tui, S
creators_name: Lundy, M
creators_gender: Female
creators_gender: Female
creators_gender: Female
creators_gender: Female
creators_gender: Female
icrisatcreators_name: Homann-Kee Tui, S
affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (Kigali)
affiliation: Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, Wageningen University (Wageningen)
affiliation: Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) (Bouake)
affiliation: World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) (Arusha)
affiliation: Bioversity International (Montpellier)
affiliation: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) (Texcoco)
affiliation: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (Nairobi)
affiliation: KIT Royal Tropical Institute (Amsterdam)
affiliation: Caritas Switzerland (Tajikistan)
affiliation: Centre for Development Innovation (CDI), Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen)
affiliation: International Potato Center (CIP) (Quito)
affiliation: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) (Phnom Penh)
affiliation: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) (Los Baños)
affiliation: WorldFish (Penang)
affiliation: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (Washington)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bulawayo)
affiliation: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (Cali)
country: Rwanda
country: Netherlands
country: Cote d’Ivoire
country: Tanzania
country: France
country: Mexico
country: Kenya
country: Tajikistan
country: Ecuador
country: Cambodia
country: Philippines
country: Malaysia
country: USA
country: Zimbabwe
title: Innovation platforms in agricultural research for development : Ex-ante Appraisal of the Purposes and Conditions Under Which Innovation Platforms can Contribute to Agricultural Development Outcomes
ispublished: pub
subjects: II1
subjects: n1456
divisions: CRPS5
crps: crp1.9
full_text_status: public
keywords: Innovation platforms, agricultural research for development, funding agencies, agricultural development outcomes, AR4D, AR4D initiatives, Innovation platform functions
note: This research was undertaken as part of, and funded by, the
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) and supported
by CGIAR Fund Donors (http://www.cgiar.org/about-us/our-funders/). Additional
funding support was provided by the Belgian Directorate General for Development
Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD) through the Consortium for Improving
Agricultural Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA – www.cialca.org). The authors
thank all innovation platform facilitators and members for their enthusiasm and
willingness to share information and experiences
abstract: Innovation platforms are fast becoming part of the mantra of agricultural research for development projects and programmes. Their basic tenet is that stakeholders depend on one another to achieve agricultural development outcomes, and hence need a space where they can learn, negotiate and coordinate to overcome challenges and capture opportunities through a facilitated innovation process. Although much has been written on how to implement and facilitate innovation platforms efficiently, few studies support ex-ante appraisal of when and for what purpose innovation platforms provide an appropriate mechanism for achieving development outcomes, and what kinds of human and financial resource investments and enabling environments are required. Without these insights, innovation platforms run the risk of being promoted as a panacea for all problems in the agricultural sector. This study makes clear that not all constraints will require innovation platforms and, if there is a simpler and cheaper alternative, that should be considered first. Based on the review of critical design principles and plausible outcomes of innovation platforms, this study provides a decision support tool for research, development and funding agencies that can enhance more critical thinking about the purposes and conditions under which innovation platforms can contribute to achieving agricultural development outcomes.
date: 2019
date_type: published
publication: Experimental Agriculture (TSI)
volume: 55
number: 04
publisher: Cambridge University Press
pagerange: 575-596
id_number: 10.1017/S0014479718000200
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0014-4797
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479718000200
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=INNOVATION+PLATFORMS+IN+AGRICULTURAL+RESEARCH+FOR+DEVELOPMENT&btnG=
related_url_type: pub
funders: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
funders: Belgian Directorate General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD)
citation:   Schut, M and Kamanda, J and Gramzow, A and Dubois, T and Stoian, D and Andersson, J A and Dror, I and Sartas, M and Mur, R and Kassam, S and Brouwer, H and Devaux, A and Velasco, C and Flor, R J and Gummert, M and Buizer, D and McDougall, C and Davis, K and Homann-Kee Tui, S and Lundy, M  (2019) Innovation platforms in agricultural research for development : Ex-ante Appraisal of the Purposes and Conditions Under Which Innovation Platforms can Contribute to Agricultural Development Outcomes.  Experimental Agriculture (TSI), 55 (04).  pp. 575-596.  ISSN 0014-4797     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11220/1/innovation_platforms_in_agricultural_research_for_development.pdf