The population of Africa will double in the next 33 years to reach 2.5 billion by 2050.
Although roughly 60% of the continent's population is engaged in agriculture, the produce …

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is increasingly seen as a promising approach to feed the
growing world population under climate change. The review explored how institutional …

This special issue of Innovation and Development focuses on inclusive innovation;
specifically on analysis of the new models of this form of innovation which are emerging …

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

The process of adopting innovation, especially with regard to precision farming (PF), is
inherently complex and social, and influenced by producers, change agents, social norms …

Innovation Platforms (IPs) are seen as a promising vehicle to foster a paradigm shift in
agricultural research for development (AR4D). By facilitating interaction, negotiation and …

Climate adaptation research increasingly focuses on the socio-cultural dimensions of
change. In this context, narrative research is often seen as a qualitative social science …

Motivated by donor interest in innovative thinking on food security, we conducted an
interdisciplinary, triangulation analysis of four divergent conceptual frameworks, each …

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 …

This study identifies entry points for innovation for sustainable intensification of agricultural
systems. An agricultural innovation systems approach is used to provide a holistic image of …