Innovation platforms are widely used in agricultural research to connect different stakeholders to achieve common goals. This ninth brief discusses ways to facilitate learning and problem solving across innovation platforms at different levels (vertical linkages) and between initiatives located at the same level (horizontal linkages). Continue reading
Innovation platforms are widely used in agricultural research to connect different stakeholders to achieve common goals. This eighth brief explains the roles of innovation platforms in developing the capacities of their members. Continue reading
Innovation platforms are widely used in agricultural research to connect different stakeholders to achieve common goals. This seventh brief explains the contributions of communication and knowledge sharing to innovation platform development. Continue reading
Innovation platforms are widely used in agricultural research to connect different stakeholders to achieve common goals. This sixth brief explains ways that innovation platforms can be a useful vehicle to promote market development. Continue reading
This document by Karen Marshall and Leo Dempfle was released by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in December 2013. The document is designed to assist countries involved in the project ‘Sustainable Management of Globally Significant Endemic Ruminant Livestock in West Africa’ (PROGEBE)’ to develop plans for N’Dama cattle within their breed improvement programs, following the 3-tier … Continue reading
Innovation platforms are widely used in agricultural research to connect different stakeholders to achieve common goals. This fifth brief explains what monitoring systems do for an innovation platform, who is involved, how it works, and what to do with the findings. Continue reading
This ILRI project report by Karen Marshall is designed to assist partners of the project ‘Sustainable management of globally significant endemic ruminant livestock in West Africa (PROGEBE)’ in structuring the plans behind their national-level animal breeding programs. It, however, will also be useful to others documenting breeding plans for developing country livestock production systems, outside of this specific project. Continue reading
Innovation platforms are widely used in agricultural research to connect different stakeholders to achieve common goals. To help document recent experiences and insights, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently published a series of short innovation platform ‘practice briefs’ to help guide the design and implementation of innovation platforms in agricultural research for development. This … Continue reading
Innovation platforms are widely used in agricultural research to connect different stakeholders to achieve common goals. This third brief focuses on interactions between research and innovation platforms – how researchers can engage with innovation platforms and how platforms can support research processes. Continue reading
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), as a publicly funded, self-governing organization of the institutions of higher education in Germany, promotes international academic exchange as well as educational cooperation with developing countries through a variety of funding and scholarship programs. The purpose is to provide opportunities to post-doctoral researchers and university staff from sub-Sahara Africa to … Continue reading
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