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Innovation systems for food security in rangeland margins, sub-Saharan Africa
Author
Davies, Jocelyn
Watson, Ian
Sow, Fafa
Hall, Andrew
Mbenque, Aminata
Ouedraogo, Souleymane
Dorai, Kumuda
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2015
Body

Failure of traditional research and technology delivery to make a substantial difference to food security in sub-Saharan Africa has led to approaches that take a systems view of innovation. Innovation emerges, not just from research, but through a continuous process of sharing, combining and making use of ideas and information that come from many different actors. Innovation is understood not just as technical change, but as changes in modes and organisation of production, marketing, research practice and policy settings (Hall and Clark 2010). ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
Additional Information
It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:

Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Conference Name
18th Biennial Conference, Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 12-16 April 2015
Keywords
collaboration
dairy
innovation platform
institutional change
Sub-Saharan Africa