Rural innovation policies

The following list of free, electronic resources provides rapid access to key references on the main topics of the dossier:

1. Audio-visual materials

2. Documents

1. Audio-visual materials 

• Organizing research to impact on policy or practice (Interview with John Young, ODI)
• Building agricultural innovation capacity in developing countries: requirements and lessons (Presentation by Andy Hall, LINK/UNU-MERIT)

2.  Documents

• Advancing agriculture in developing countries through knowledge and innovation - Synopsis of an international conference
  Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo; Kristin Davis, and Dejene Aredo (2008)
  This synopsis deals with: the role of knowledge and innovation in reducing poverty; the roles of other actors; and, whether new and appropriate technologies and policies are available for reducing rural poverty.
• Agricultural innovation systems: from diagnostics toward operational practices 
  Rajalahti, Riikka; Janssen, Willem; and Pehu, Eija (2008)
  This paper summarizes the findings of a 2007 workshop in which about 80 experts took stock of recent experiences with innovation systems in agriculture and reconsidered strategies for their future development.
• Building public-private partnerships for agricultural innovation
  Hartwich, Frank; et al. (2008)
  This analysis of 125 public-private partnerships (PPPs) for agricultural research in 12 Latin American countries shows that PPPs have a 5-stage life-cycle and have advantages over other institutional arrangements.
• How innovative is your agriculture? Using innovation indicators and benchmarks to strengthen national agricultural innovation systems
  Spielman, David J.; and Birner, Regina (2008)
  This paper develops a conceptual framework that ties the innovation systems framework to the agricultural sector and reviews how the framework has been used to develop innovation indicators in other fields.
• Linking evidence and user-voice for pro-poor policy change: lessons from Uganda and Kenya
  Hooton, Nicholas A. (2008)
  The Process and Partnership for Pro-Poor Policy Change (PPPPPC) project sought to understand and draw lessons from examples of evidence-based policy change, in response to the need to better understand the processes and mechanisms that lead to pro-poor decisions at policy level.
• Linking international agricultural research knowledge with action for sustainable poverty alleviation: what works? 
  Kristjanson, Patti; et al. (2008)
  The authors examine which institutional arrangements and procedures are most likely to support efforts to harness science and technology in support of sustainable poverty reduction.
• Political science? Strengthening science-policy dialogue in developing countries
  Jones, Nicola; Harry Jones; and Cora Walsh (2008)
  This study provides a multi-layered analysis of the science–policy interface in developing countries. It draws on work carried out by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme and a number of partners.
• How national public policies encourage or impede agribusiness innovation: studies of six African countries - Research proposal 
  World bank (2007)
  A comparative assessment of 6 African nations will be carried out to assess whether public policies enable agricultural innovation and to determine which technical, financial and marketing services support it.
• Innovation systems governance in Bolivia: lessons for agricultural innovation policies 
  Hartwich, Frank; Alexaki, Anastasia; and Baptista, René (2007)
  Governance principles such as participation, transparency, responsiveness, accountability, consensus orientation, coherence, and strategic vision in the Bolivian Agricultural Technology System (SIBTA) were compared with those in five other developing countries.
• Enhancing agricultural innovation: how to go beyond the strengthening of research systems
  World bank (2006)
  An assessment of the usefulness of the innovation systems concept in guiding investments to support the development of agricultural technology. Includes an operational agricultural innovation systems concept for developing countries.
• Informal traders lock horns with the formal milk industry: the role of research in pro-poor dairy policy shift in Kenya
  Leksmono, Cokro; et al (2006)
  An analysis of policy changes during the Smallholder Dairy Project (1997-2005) in Kenya that intended to include both the formal and informal systems supplying milk to Nairobi.
• Journeying from research to innovation: lessons from the Department For International Development's Crop Post-Harvest Research Programme 'Partnerships for innovation' - final report
  Barnett, Andrew (2006)
  The Crop Post-Harvest Programme has generated a number of lessons on how to achieve innovation and what pitfalls to avoid. The approach appears to be relevant to a wide range of problems.
• New insights into promoting rural innovation: learning from civil society organisations about the effective use of innovation in development
  Hall, Andy (2006)
  Hypothesizes that unfettered by the norms of science and related institutions, civil society found new ways to innovate, representing a rich source of lessons in promoting innovation for development.
• Agricultural science and technology policy for growth and poverty reduction
  Omamo, Steven Were; and Naseem, Anwar (2005)
  Achieving growth and poverty reduction in developing countries requires greater compatibility among policy environments, institutional arrangements, and micro conditions and behaviour in agricultural research and development.
• Analyzing the agricultural science, technology and innovation (ASTI) systems in ACP countries - Methodological framework 
  CTA; UNU-INTECH; and KIT (2005)
  This research project aims to build capacity to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the local science, technology and innovation system in the agricultural sector of countries in the ACP region (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific).
• Building science, technology and innovation policies 
  Ahrens, Joachim (2005)
  A discussion of: the role of policy in developing science, technology and innovation policies in developing countries; the principles for designing such policies; and, the need for developing efficient governance.
• How can research-based development interventions be more effective at influencing policy and practice? (2005) Alex Duncan & Andrew Barnett
  Duncan, Alex; and Barnett, Andrew
  This paper discusses ways in which those who are involved in Making Markets Work (MMW) programmes can be effective in influencing policy and practice. It suggests adopting an innovation system approach.
• Innovating in coalition: scientists, industry and farmers marketing sorghum in Andhra Pradesh (ca. 2005) Emma Crewe / CRISP
• Innovation systems: implications for agricultural policy and practice (2005) Andy Hall, Lynn Mytelka & Banji Oyeyinka / ILAC
• Learning alliances: an approach for building multi-stakeholder innovation systems  (2005) Mark Lundy, Maria Veronica Gottret & Jacqueline Ashby (CIAT) / ILAC
• Partnerships for building science and technology capacity in Africa (2005) Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka / UNU-INTECH
• The 'system of innovation' approach, and its relevance to developing countries (2005) SciDev.Net
• Designing a policy-relevant innovation survey for NEPAD - a study prepared by UNU-INTECH (2004) Lynn K. Mytelka, et al
• The relevance of the national system of innovation approach to mainstreaming science and technology for development in NEPAD and the AU (2003) Adi Paterson, Rob Adam & Jim Mullin