Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) at ICRISAT: A Case Study of the Tata-ICRISAT Project

    Prasad, C S and Laxmi, T and Wani, S P (2006) Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) at ICRISAT: A Case Study of the Tata-ICRISAT Project. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 2 (1). pp. 1-39.

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    Abstract

    Institutional innovations are critical for effective performance of agricultural research centres in natural resource management projects that often include multiple and diverse stakeholders with contrasting objectives and activities. This report shows how institutional histories of projects can be used as tools to help reveal institutional innovations thereby promoting Institutional Learning And Change [ILAC). This report extends an earlier work on using institutional histories over a thirty-year period to understand research practice at an international agricultural research centre, by focusing on applying institutional insights to a current project of the agroecosystems group of ICRISAT with an Indian 'unconventional' donor. It draws out lessons for scaling-up of activities in multi-partner initiatives. The report also explores the use of actor-oriented tools for project management and recommends its use to enable collective reflection on partnerships in review and planning meetings of projects. The learning from the historical study and the application of institutional histories in an ongoing project together reveal interesting insights on international agricultural research centres and their efforts towards a transition into learning organizations.

    Item Type: Article
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    Subjects: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
    Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
    Date Deposited: 27 Oct 2011 08:26
    Last Modified: 24 Feb 2012 08:10
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/2496
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