?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5281%2F&rft.title=Innovation+systems%3A+Implications+for+agricultural+policy%0D%0Aand+practice&rft.creator=Hall%2C+A&rft.creator=Mytelka%2C+L&rft.creator=Oyeyinka%2C+B&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Farmers+and+businesses+need+to+adapt+constantly+if+they+are+to+survive+and+compete+in+the+rapidly+evolving+environment%0D%0Aassociated+with+the+contemporary+agricultural+sector.+Rethinking+agricultural+research+as+part+of+a+dynamic+system+of%0D%0Ainnovation+could+help+to+design+ways+of+creating+and+sustaining+conditions+that+will+support+the+process+of+adaptation%0D%0Aand+innovation.+This+approach+involves+developing+the+working+styles+and+practices+of+individuals+and+organizations%0D%0Aand+the+incentives%2C+support+structures+and+policy+environments+that+encourage+innovation.+Previous+efforts+to+support%0D%0Aagricultural+sector+innovation+largely+targeted+agricultural+policy+and+research+organizations.+The+systems+approach%0D%0Arecognizes+that+innovation+takes+place+through+the+interaction+of+a+broader+set+of+organizations+and+activities.+These%0D%0Apatterns+of+interaction+and+working+styles+and+practices+%E2%80%93+or+institutions+as+they+are+referred+to+by+social+scientists+%E2%80%93%0D%0Aneed+to+adapt+continuously+if+they+are+to+meet+the+changing+demands+of+the+evolving+agricultural+sector.+Institutional%0D%0Alearning+is+central+to+this+process+and+will+ensure+research+organizations+remain+relevant+and+continue+to+introduce%0D%0Ainnovations+that+impact+positively+on+the+livelihoods+of+the+poor.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5281%2F1%2FILAC-Brief2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hall%2C+A+and+Mytelka%2C+L+and+Oyeyinka%2C+B++(2005)+Innovation+systems%3A+Implications+for+agricultural+policy+and+practice.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++