Agricultural Innovation Systems: An Investment Sourcebook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821386842)

Managing the ability of agriculture to meet rising global demand and to respond to the changes and opportunities will require good policy, sustained investments, and innovation - not business as usual. Investments in public Research and Development, extension, education, and their links with one another have elicited high returns and pro-poor growth, but these investments alone will not elicit innovation at the pace or on the scale required by the intensifying and proliferating challenges confronting agriculture. Experience indicates that aside from a strong capacity in Research and Development, the ability to innovate is often related to collective action, coordination, the exchange of knowledge among diverse actors, the incentives and resources available to form partnerships and develop businesses, and conditions that make it possible for farmers or entrepreneurs to use the innovations. While consensus is developing about what is meant by 'innovation' and 'innovation system', no detailed blueprint exists for making agricultural innovation happen at a given time, in a given place, for a given result. The AIS approach that looks at these multiple conditions and relationships that promote innovation in agriculture, has however moved from a concept to a sub-discipline with principles of analysis and action.

Author: Inc World Book
ISBN-10: 0821386840
ISBN-13: 9780821386842
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2012
Pages: 680
Format: Paperback
Weight: 3.35lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 249