Danielle Nierenberg from the Worldwatch Institute recently visited Ethiopia as part of a project evaluating environmentally sustainable ways of alleviating hunger and poverty, and tellong stories of hope and success in food production from all over Africa. Her Ethiopia visit began at ILRI. She blogs … Farmers confront more challenges than ever before: climate change, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Innovation Systems
Agriculture / ILRI / Innovation Systems / IPMS / Research
Integrating innovation systems perspective and value chain analysis in agricultural research for development: implications and challenges
This Working paper by Ponniah Anandajayasekeram and Berhanu Gebremedhin on Integrating innovation systems perspective and value chain analysis in agricultural research for development: implications and challenges was released on 8 October, 2009. The environment in which agricultural discovery and innovation occurs has been constantly changing with resultant significant influences on the organization and the social … Continue reading
Africa / East Africa / Ethiopia / Innovation Systems / Kenya / Knowledge and Information / Pastoralism
Pastoral innovation systems: Perspectives from Ethiopia and Kenya
Ian Scoones and Andrew Adwera of the Future Agricultures Consortium report from a March 2009 meeting of over 50 pastoralists from across southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. Gathered in the Borana lowlands at the ‘University of the Bush,’ they debated key pastoral development issues and the question of innovation in pastoral systems. Meeting in several languages, participants … Continue reading
Africa / Animal Feeding / Asia / Fodder / ILRI / India / Innovation Systems / Nigeria / South Asia / West Africa
Agriculture needs better innovation, not technology
Pilot projects in India and Nigeria point to possible benefits of a new approach to agricultural innovation, say Andy Hall and Susanna Thorp. Read more … (SciDev.net) Continue reading
Animal Feeding / Fodder / ILRI / India / Innovation Systems / Livestock / Nigeria
Innovation systems: A testing process
It is a time of new opportunities as new technologies allow people to easily obtain new and more information, and local and global markets become more accessible. But coping with change is a complex process and it is unfortunate that a business-as-usual approach in agriculture and rural development often results in these opportunities being under-exploited. … Continue reading
Animal Feeding / Asia / Fodder / India / Innovation Systems / South Asia
Fodder Innovation Policy Working Group meets in India
The first meeting of the Fodder Innovation Policy Working Group (FIPWiG) — constituted as part of LINK’s Fodder Innovation Project with the International Livestock research Institute (ILRI) — is being held in Anand, Gujarat, India on February 24. The meeting is being hosted by LINK’s South Asia partner CRISP (the Centre for Research on Innovation … Continue reading
Africa / Agriculture / Books and chapters / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / ILRI / Innovation Systems / IPMS / Livestock / Regions
Concepts and practices in agricultural extension in developing countries: A source book
This book by Ponniah Anandajayasekeram, Ranjitha Puskur and Dirk Hoekstra of ILRI and Sindu Workneh of IFPRI on Concepts and practices in agricultural extension in developing countries: a source book was released on 27 March, 2008 The first chapter outlines the emerging challenges faced by agricultural R&D sectors and how paradigms are evolving in response … Continue reading
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