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Bottom-up, Bottom-line: Development-Relevant Enterprises in East Africa and their Significance for Agricultural Innovation
Hall, Andy; Clark, Norman; Frost, Andy - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
-conceived notion of agricultural sector capacity for innovation and development. This paper discusses the emergence of a new class of … entrepreneurial activity may form the basis of a new mode of development assistance aimed at using innovation for both social and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642570
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What Do Complex Adaptive Systems Look Like and What Are the Implications for Innovation Policy?
Hall, Andy; Clark, Norman - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
This paper explores the use of complex adaptive systems theory in development policy analysis using a case study drawn from recent events in Uganda. It documents the changes that took place in the farming system in Soroti district during an outbreak of African cassava mosaic virus disease...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008567804
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Below the Radar: What does Innovation in Emerging Economies have to offer other Low Income Economies?
Kaplinsky, Raphael; Chataway, Joanna; Clark, Norman; … - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
are invested in outdated structures of innovation. A number of transnational corporations are targeting these markets but … it is our contention that much of the previously dominant innovation value chains are either ignorant of the needs of … innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478940
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Technology Supply Chain or Innovation Capacity?: Contrasting Experiences of Promoting Small Scale Irrigation Technology in South Asia
Hall, Andy; Clark, Norman; Naik, Guru - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
The most effective approach to agricultural technology promotion and innovation is still a source of considerable … agricultural innovation stress the importance of institutional change and give emphasis to the need to develop innovation capacity … (v) Market demand as key an incentive for innovation; and (vi) Policies and institutional innovations to ensure adequate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150835