Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Hall, Andy
Author-Email: hall@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University,  Maastricht Economic and social
	 Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
Author-Name: Mytelka, Lynn
Author-Email: mytelka@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University,  Maastricht Economic and social
	 Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
Author-Name: Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji
Author-Email: oyeyinka@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University,  Maastricht Economic and social
	 Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
Title: Concepts and guidelines for diagnostic assessments of agricultural innovation
	 capacity
Abstract: This paper is divided into two parts. The first part sets out a
	 conceptual framework for diagnostic assessments of agricultural 
	 innovation capacity. It explains that contemporary patterns of 
	 agricultural development demand fresh thinking on how innovation can be 
	 promoted in ways that can deal with rapidly evolving production and 
	 market conditions. The innovation systems concept is presented as a 
	 framework for examining the notion of innovation capacity. The second 
	 part of the paper provides guidance on how the principles of this 
	 conceptual framework can be used in diagnostic assessments. These 
	 guidelines include a number of typological tools to explore the 
	 qualitative aspects of innovation capacity – particularly patterns of 
	 interaction and the habits and practices that inform these.
Classification-JEL: Q16, O31, O33, O15
Keywords: Public Private Sector Partnerships, Innovation Systems, 
	 Institutional Change, Capacity Development, Social Capital
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2006
Number: 2006-017
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2006/wp2006-017.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2006017