Dealing with critical challenges in African innovation platforms: Lessons for facilitation

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Swaans, Cornelis P.M.

Rooyen, Andre F. van

Adekunle, Adewale

Nederlof, Suzanne

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2016

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Swaans, K., Cullen, B., Rooyen, A. van, Adekunle, A., Ngwenya, H., Lema, Z. and Nederlof, S. 2016. Dealing with critical challenges in African innovation platforms: Lessons for facilitation. IN: Devaux, A., Torero, M., Donovan, J. and Horton, D. E. (eds.). 2016. Innovation for inclusive value-chain development: Successes and challenges. Washington, DC: IFPRI: 303-328. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77707

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Dynamic innovation processes and differences in interests, capacities, and power present challenges for platform facilitators. Based on group reflection on their own personal experiences facilitating innovation platforms, Chapter 10 (Swaans et al.) discusses key issues that are critical for effective platform facilitation.

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https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292130_10

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Organic Research Centre, United Kingdom; International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; Office of the President, the Gambia; University of the Free State; International Livestock Research Institute; Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences

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en

AGROVOC Keywords

innovation; research; value chains; retail marketing; transport; farmers organizations; smallholders; market access; trade; wholesale marketing; producer organizations; food processing

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INNOVATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH

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