Research, education, and extension investments, while usually
necessary, are often insufficient alone to bring knowledge,
technologies, and services that enable farmers and entrepreneurs to
innovate. Efforts to strengthen research systems and increase the
availability of knowledge have not increased innovation or the use of
knowledge in agriculture at the pace or the scale required by the
intensifying and proliferating challenges confronting agriculture.
Agricultural Innovation Systems: An Investment Sourcebook
contributes to the identification, design, and implementation of the
investments, approaches, and complementary interventions most likely to
strengthen agricultural innovation systems (AIS) and to promote
innovation and equitable growth. The Sourcebook provides a menu of
tools and operational guidance, as well as good practice lessons, to
illustrate approaches to designing, investing in, and improving these
systems.
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.
Experience indicates that aside from a strong capacity in R&D, the
ability to innovate is often related to collective action and
coordination, exchange of knowledge among diverse actors, incentives
and resources available to form partnerships and develop business, and
an enabling environment. 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. That said, the AIS
approach, which looks at these multiple conditions and relationships
that promote innovation in agriculture in specific contexts, has moved
from a concept to a subdiscipline with principles of analysis and
action.
Drawing on approaches that have been tested at different scales in
different settings, this Sourcebook emphasizes the lessons learned,
benefits and impacts, implementation issues, and prospects for
replicating or expanding successful practices.
The Sourcebook reflects the experiences and evolving understanding
of numerous individuals and organizations concerned with agricultural
innovation, including the World Bank. It targets the key operational
staff who design and implement lending projects in international and
regional development agencies and national governments, as well as the
practitioners who design thematic programs and technical assistance
packages. The Sourcebook can also be an important resource for the
research community and nongovernmental organizations.
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