Looking at agricultural innovation platforms through an innovation champion lens: An analysis of three cases in West Africa

Laurens, K. and Samuel, A.N. and Richard, A.A. and et al, . (2013) Looking at agricultural innovation platforms through an innovation champion lens: An analysis of three cases in West Africa. Outlook on Agriculture, 42 (3). pp. 185-192.

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Abstract

The concept of an innovation platform is increasingly used in interventions inspired by agricultural innovation systems thinking, as a way of bringing stakeholders from a sector together to enable transformative change. An essential role on such innovation platforms is thought to be that of the 'innovation champion', but this role has so far not been unravelled. In this paper, by applying insights from management science to analyse three innovation platforms in West Africa from the Convergence of Sciences – Strengthening Innovation Systems programme (CoS–SIS), different types of innovation champions are mapped. The authors conclude that making a distinction among different types of innovation champions can be useful in identifying members for innovation platforms, but that the specifics of agricultural innovation appear not to be adequately captured by roles attributed to existing categories of innovation champions. Further research is needed to ascertain whether other categories exist, and how different innovation champions interact over time on agricultural innovation platforms.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Convergence of Sciences – Strengthening Innovation Systems programme (CoS–SIS). CoS–SIS is funded by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands.
Uncontrolled Keywords: innovation platforms; agricultural innovation systems; CoS–SIS; Ghana; Benin
Author Affiliation: Wageningen University, Netherlands
Subjects: Social Sciences > Agricultural Economics
Social Sciences > Agricultural Extension,Technology, ICT
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2014 09:53
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2014 09:53
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/oa.2013.0137
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12745

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