Agricultural production involves the scaling of agricultural innovations such as disease-
resistant and drought-tolerant maize varieties, zero-tillage techniques, permaculture …

Paradoxically, the number of crop–livestock farms is declining across Europe, despite the
fact that crop-livestock farms are theoretically optimal to improve the sustainability of …

The agricultural innovation systems approach emphasizes the collective nature of
innovation and stresses that innovation is a co-evolutionary process, resulting from …

Recently, social capital has gained importance in explaining technology adoption decisions
by farmers. In this paper, we examine the impact of social capital on the adoption of irrigation …

This study identifies systemic problems in the New Zealand Agricultural Innovation System
(AIS) in relation to the AIS capacity to enact a co-innovation approach, in which all relevant …

This paper concentrates on 'middles' and 'middle actors' in energy systems and introduces a
“middle-out” framework for examining and supporting systemic change to a lower carbon …

Approaches that aim to identify and prioritize locally appropriate climate smart agriculture
(CSA) technologies will need to address the context-specific multi-dimensional complexity in …

Multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) are seen as a promising vehicle to achieve agricultural
development impacts. By increasing collaboration, exchange of knowledge and influence …

Abstract This paper introduces Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (RAAIS).
RAAIS is a diagnostic tool that can guide the analysis of complex agricultural problems and …

Innovation is receiving increased attention among policymakers as a means of addressing
sustainable economic development challenges. However, a range of factors such as …