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Concepts and guidelines for diagnostic assessments of agricultural innovation capacity

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Hall, Andy () (United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology)
Mytelka, Lynn () (United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology)
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji () (United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology)

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This paper is divided into two parts. The first part sets out a conceptual framework for diagnostic assessments of agricultural innovation capacity. It explains that contemporary patterns of agricultural development demand fresh thinking on how innovation can be promoted in ways that can deal with rapidly evolving production and market conditions. The innovation systems concept is presented as a framework for examining the notion of innovation capacity. The second part of the paper provides guidance on how the principles of this conceptual framework can be used in diagnostic assessments. These guidelines include a number of typological tools to explore the qualitative aspects of innovation capacity – particularly patterns of interaction and the habits and practices that inform these.

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Keywords: Public Private Sector Partnerships; Innovation Systems; Institutional Change; Capacity Development; Social Capital;

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Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Agricultural Extension Services
O31 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
O15 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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  1. Clark, Norman & Hall, Andy & Sulaiman, Rasheed & Naik, Guru, 2003. "Research as Capacity Building: The Case of an NGO Facilitated Post-Harvest Innovation System for the Himalayan Hills," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 31(11), pages 1845-1863, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Lynn Mytelka, 2004. "Catching up in new wave technologies," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 32(3), pages 389-405. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Hall, Andy & Dijkman, Jeroen, 2006. "Capacity development for agricultural biotechnology in developing countries: Concepts, contexts, case studies and operational challenges of a systems perspective," UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series 003, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
  4. Hall, Andrew & Bockett, Geoffrey & Taylor, Sarah & Sivamohan, M. V. K . & Clark, Norman, 2001. "Why Research Partnerships Really Matter: Innovation Theory, Institutional Arrangements and Implications for Developing New Technology for the Poor," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 783-797, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Muysken, Joan & Schim van der Loeff, S. & Cheshko, Valeria, 2006. "Beyond unobserved heterogeneity in computer wage premiums / Data on computer use in Germany, 1997 – 2001," UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series 006, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
  6. Hall, Andy, 2006. "Public private sector partnerships in an agricultural system of innovation: concepts and challenges," UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series 002, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
  7. Lal, Kaushalesh & Peedoly, Aveeraj Sharma, 2006. "Small Islands, New Technologies and Globalization: A Case of ICT adoption by SMEs in Mauritius," UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series 005, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
  8. Andy Hall, 2005. "Capacity development for agricultural biotechnology in developing countries: an innovation systems view of what it is and how to develop it," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(5), pages 611-630. [Downloadable!]
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