?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7425%2F&rft.title=Partnerships+in+Agricultural+Innovation+Systems&rft.creator=Osiru%2C+M&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=National+agricultural+research+systems+(NARS)+in+African+countries+have+evolved+since+independence%0D%0Awas+gained+in+the+1960s+(Hazell+et+al.%2C+2003).+Structural+adjustment+in+the+1980s+and+partnerships%0D%0Awith+institutions+in+the+north+and+the+south+have+guided+further+development.+Within+recent+times%2C%0D%0Athe+NARS+concept+was+expanded+to+the+agricultural+knowledge+and+information+system+(AKIS)+and%0D%0Asubsequently+the+agricultural+innovations+system+(AIS)+concepts+(Table+1).+Many+African+institutions%0D%0Ahave+grappled+with+the+change+processes+necessitated+by+this+evolution+and+incentivised+by+muchneeded%0D%0Afunding+support+(Lynam+et+al.%2C+2004).+The+guiding+principles+influencing+research+funding%0D%0Awere+often+crafted+at+global+level%2C+with+the+assumption+of+their+relevance+or+adaptability+for+all%0D%0AAfrican+NARS&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7425%2F1%2FOsiru_Partnerships_2013.pdf&rft.identifier=++Osiru%2C+M++(2013)+Partnerships+in+Agricultural+Innovation+Systems.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++