Innovation systems perspectives on developing-country agriculture: A critical review

Innovation systems perspectives on agricultural research and technological change are fast becoming a popular approach to the study of how society generates, disseminates, and utilizes knowledge, and how such systems can be strengthened for greater social benefit. The more theoretical innovation sys...

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Main Author: Spielman, David J.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2005
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160694
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description Innovation systems perspectives on agricultural research and technological change are fast becoming a popular approach to the study of how society generates, disseminates, and utilizes knowledge, and how such systems can be strengthened for greater social benefit. The more theoretical innovation systems literature represents a significant change from the conventional, linear perspectives on agricultural research and development (R&D) by providing a framework for the analysis of complex relationships and innovative processes that occur among multiple agents, social and economic institutions, and endogenously determined technological and institutional opportunities. The emerging body of empirical literature is equally significant in that it provides analysis of different forms of cooperation (e.g., research partnerships, knowledge networks, and industry clusters) among state and nonstate actors (e.g., public research organizations, private firms, and producer organizations) in various sectoral, spatial, and temporal contexts. Taken together, the innovation systems framework demonstrates the importance of studying innovation as a process in which knowledge is accumulated and applied by heterogeneous agents through complex interactions that are conditioned by social and economic institutions... This paper begins in Section 2 with a brief overview of the literature on agricultural development and technological change, including a review of the seminal literature on innovation systems and its application to developing-country agriculture. Section 3 sets forth the conventional terminology used in the literature, followed in Section 4 by a model of an innovation system derived from a series of game theoretic and population game models in which heterogeneous agents interact and evolve through strategic patterns of behavior. The strengths and weaknesses of the innovation systems framework—and recommendations for improving the framework—are discussed in Section 5 with respect to developing-country agriculture, followed by concluding remarks in Section 6.
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spelling CGSpace1606942025-11-06T06:04:32Z Innovation systems perspectives on developing-country agriculture: A critical review Spielman, David J. innovation agricultural research technological changes cooperation networks game theory Innovation systems perspectives on agricultural research and technological change are fast becoming a popular approach to the study of how society generates, disseminates, and utilizes knowledge, and how such systems can be strengthened for greater social benefit. The more theoretical innovation systems literature represents a significant change from the conventional, linear perspectives on agricultural research and development (R&D) by providing a framework for the analysis of complex relationships and innovative processes that occur among multiple agents, social and economic institutions, and endogenously determined technological and institutional opportunities. The emerging body of empirical literature is equally significant in that it provides analysis of different forms of cooperation (e.g., research partnerships, knowledge networks, and industry clusters) among state and nonstate actors (e.g., public research organizations, private firms, and producer organizations) in various sectoral, spatial, and temporal contexts. Taken together, the innovation systems framework demonstrates the importance of studying innovation as a process in which knowledge is accumulated and applied by heterogeneous agents through complex interactions that are conditioned by social and economic institutions... This paper begins in Section 2 with a brief overview of the literature on agricultural development and technological change, including a review of the seminal literature on innovation systems and its application to developing-country agriculture. Section 3 sets forth the conventional terminology used in the literature, followed in Section 4 by a model of an innovation system derived from a series of game theoretic and population game models in which heterogeneous agents interact and evolve through strategic patterns of behavior. The strengths and weaknesses of the innovation systems framework—and recommendations for improving the framework—are discussed in Section 5 with respect to developing-country agriculture, followed by concluding remarks in Section 6. 2005 2024-11-21T09:51:37Z 2024-11-21T09:51:37Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160694 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Spielman, David J. Innovation systems perspectives on developing-country agriculture: A critical review. ISNAR Discussion Paper 2. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160694
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technological changes
cooperation
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game theory
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Innovation systems perspectives on developing-country agriculture: A critical review
title Innovation systems perspectives on developing-country agriculture: A critical review
title_full Innovation systems perspectives on developing-country agriculture: A critical review
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title_short Innovation systems perspectives on developing-country agriculture: A critical review
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topic innovation
agricultural research
technological changes
cooperation
networks
game theory
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