eprintid: 5281
rev_number: 10
eprint_status: archive
userid: 14
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datestamp: 2012-01-23 13:51:52
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status_changed: 2012-01-23 13:51:52
type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org
creators_name: Hall, A
creators_name: Mytelka, L
creators_name: Oyeyinka, B
icrisatcreators_name: Hall, A
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: IALC(Kent)
country: India
country: UK
title: Innovation systems: Implications for agricultural policy
and practice
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: documentation
abstract: Farmers and businesses need to adapt constantly if they are to survive and compete in the rapidly evolving environment
associated with the contemporary agricultural sector. Rethinking agricultural research as part of a dynamic system of
innovation could help to design ways of creating and sustaining conditions that will support the process of adaptation
and innovation. This approach involves developing the working styles and practices of individuals and organizations
and the incentives, support structures and policy environments that encourage innovation. Previous efforts to support
agricultural sector innovation largely targeted agricultural policy and research organizations. The systems approach
recognizes that innovation takes place through the interaction of a broader set of organizations and activities. These
patterns of interaction and working styles and practices – or institutions as they are referred to by social scientists –
need to adapt continuously if they are to meet the changing demands of the evolving agricultural sector. Institutional
learning is central to this process and will ensure research organizations remain relevant and continue to introduce
innovations that impact positively on the livelihoods of the poor.
date: 2005
date_type: published
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
pages: 4
institution: International Association of Language Centres
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Hall, A and Mytelka, L and Oyeyinka, B  (2005) Innovation systems: Implications for agricultural policy and practice.  Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/5281/1/ILAC-Brief2.pdf