innovation. The paper begins by reviewing the evolving paradigms of agricultural research and innovation over the last 30 years … or so and explains the emergence and relevance of the innovation systems concept to agricultural development. The paper … then presents a framework for exploring fodder innovation capacity. This framework gives particular emphasis to the …

The post-independence history of Kenya is characterized by an unusual mix of stability with ever-lingering fragility …. The high level of elite persistence in Kenya could be seen both as a cause and a result of this peculiar nature of the … consolidation on political-economic stability and institutional transition in post-independence Kenya. The logic of the natural …

has changed the essential nature of innovation - driven by widespread access to the ability to replicate and improve … - remains the same. Hence a focus on endogenous innovation policy is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. …

agricultural research should be used for innovation. The paper suggests a number of novel entry points for projects promoting … contested visions of research and innovation within the programme and between the programme and its donors and other …

the innovation systems framework. This is provided through case study research conducted in Kenya by exploring two … to present what "innovation response capacity" entails, especially for natural resourcebased industries in a developing … country context. It will also provide an analytical framework that draws elements from agricultural innovation capacity and …

conditions the emergent systems of innovation in Africa. These effectively determine the development trajectory of the region. We … advance the notion of dynamic and non-dynamic systems of innovation, the latter describing the African condition. In doing … literature on evolutionary theory and systems of innovation. We provide evidence of the colonial origins of skewed schooling …

that intellectual property rights may have on restricting their space for innovation and learning in the pharmaceutical …

generated relevant spillovers to the host economy by accumulating production capabilities in association with innovation …

The exploration of fodder innovation capacity requires tools to undertake the following tasks: (i) Diagnosis of fodder … innovation capacity to identify project starting points, including micro and macro elements (ii) Socio-economic benchmarking, and … follow-up studies (iii) Pilot innovation cloud process learning/ process-driven intervention correction (iv) Comparative …

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 …