A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Agricultural innovation platforms for scaling innovations – insights from the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa project
A major challenge in agricultural research for development is understanding how agricultural innovation platforms (AIPs) scale innovations to maximize environmental and socioeconomic benefits. Multilevel perspective and anchoring frameworks were used to assess the effectiveness of AIPs in anchoring innovations to go to scale under the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa project. Resultant scaling approaches, and whether and how scaling impacts were sustained are assessed at the sociotechnical regime. AIP collective capabilities ensured anchoring strategies and scaling approaches utilized by AIPs led to the embedding of innovations within the agricultural sociotechnical system. This resulted in changes in policy, behaviour and practices.
Agricultural innovation platforms for scaling innovations – insights from the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa project
A major challenge in agricultural research for development is understanding how agricultural innovation platforms (AIPs) scale innovations to maximize environmental and socioeconomic benefits. Multilevel perspective and anchoring frameworks were used to assess the effectiveness of AIPs in anchoring innovations to go to scale under the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa project. Resultant scaling approaches, and whether and how scaling impacts were sustained are assessed at the sociotechnical regime. AIP collective capabilities ensured anchoring strategies and scaling approaches utilized by AIPs led to the embedding of innovations within the agricultural sociotechnical system. This resulted in changes in policy, behaviour and practices.
Agricultural innovation platforms for scaling innovations – insights from the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa project
Ncube, Xolile (author) / Pittock, James (author) / Bjornlund, Henning (author) / van Rooyen, Andre (author)
International Journal of Water Resources Development ; 41 ; 466-488
2025-03-04
23 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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