Title:	Enhancing Agricultural Innovation
Authors:	Hoel, Arne
Keywords:	Agricultural innovations Case studies
Issue Date:	2006
Publisher:	The World Bank
Description:	This book, originally a World Bank Economic and Sector Work paper, was initiated as a result of the international workshop, “Development of Research Systems to Support the Changing Agricultural Sector,” which was organized by the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank in June 2004 in Washington, DC. One of the main conclusions of the workshop was that “strengthened research systems may increase the supply of new knowledge and new technologies, but such strengthening may not necessarily correlate very well with the capacity to innovate and adopt innovations throughout the agricultural sector, and thereby with economic growth.” This paper uses an innovation systems perspective to explore which other interventions may be required. The innovation systems concept is not new. It has been applied in other sectors, mainly in industry. The concept is considered to have great potential to add value to previous concepts of agricultural research systems and growth by (1) drawing attention to the totality of actors needed for innovation and growth, (2) consolidating the role of the private sector and stressing the importance of interactions within a sector, and (3) emphasizing the outcomes of technology and knowledge generation and adoption rather than the strengthening of research systems and their outputs
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/46201
ISBN:	978-0-8213-6741-4
Appears in Collections:	Rural Development Studies

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