adopt new agricultural technology and improved practices, and keep farm and household assets. It is equally important to …

little is known about how these opportunities can be effectively leveraged to promote pro-poor processes of rural innovation … smallholders' innovation processes. Case studies of smallholder innovation networks in 10 communities suggest that public sector … that create more space for market and civil society actors to participate in smallholder innovation networks." from Author …

, organizations, institutions, or policies. Innovation means putting ideas, knowledge, and technology to work in a manner that brings … policies and other institutions. Formal and informal knowledge and innovation must therefore be linked to accelerate … pursuit of innovation. For innovation to occur, knowledge must be created, accumulated, shared, and used. Innovations …

productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … and development (R&D), highlighting the need to facilitate farmers access to technology, markets, and the necessary … output per worker but also to accelerate technology adoption and total factor productivity (TFP) growth. According to the …

technology might not generate rivalry among its users. By contrast, excludability is certainly a characteristic of this kind of …

technologies may be necessary to ensure technology diffusion throughout communities. This information may be taken as an indicator … in the context of land management. The limited impact of agriculture and environment focused organizations on technology … adoption is discouraging though may be linked to the limited profitability of technology adoption in the short-run. …