The impact of agricultural innovation system interventions on rural livelihoods in Malawi

Mapila, Mariam; Kirsten, Johann F.; Meyer, Ferdinand

doi:10.1080/0376835x.2012.675699

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“…The involvement in groups, co-operations or in advisory council could stimulate the consideration of disruptive process innovations [67,78,[97][98][99][100] (Table 5). Furthermore, it can provide a good information exchange, which is also an important trigger for the adoption of disruptive process innovations [67,78,83,97,99,101,102].…”

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“…Furthermore, it can provide a good information exchange, which is also an important trigger for the adoption of disruptive process innovations [67,78,83,97,99,101,102]. To push a new production technology, farmers need to have access to a market where they can buy the technology or the knowledge about this specific technology and where they can get a credit for this particular purchase.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To push a new production technology, farmers need to have access to a market where they can buy the technology or the knowledge about this specific technology and where they can get a credit for this particular purchase. Therefore, access to credit [67,76,78,98,[103][104][105][106] and a market access [67,[97][98][99]104,106,107] are important. Disruptive process innovation seems to be sooner adopted by male farmers than by female ones [76,78,[97][98][99][100]103,107].…”

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“…A bigger farm size can give farmers a better foundation for finical investments and can therefore trigger the eco-innovation adoption [67,76,78,83,[98][99][100][106][107][108]. If the land is additionally owned by the farmers themselves, the willingness to invest in new technologies to maintain soil fertility and soil quality is much higher [97,99,[104][105][106]. Table 5.…”

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Drivers for the Adoption of Different Eco-Innovation Types in the Fertilizer Sector: A Review

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Numerous innovations have been developed in the fertilizer and plant nutrition area in recent decades. However, the adoption of many new products and techniques at farm level is still low. In this paper, based on a literature review, we explore the main drivers for innovation adoption or rejection. By splitting up the extant research landscape into disruptive and continuous innovations and innovation types (product, process and innovation of other types), we aim to identify drivers explaining innovation adoption in the fertilizer sector in particular and in the agricultural sector in general.

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Section: Drivers For Disruptive Process Innovationsmentioning

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“…Rural extension and innovation processes are tremendously complex (Kilelu, Klerkx, and Leeuwis 2013;Leeuwis and Aarts 2011;Mapila, Kirsten, and Meyer 2012), considering they involve multiple actors and diverse dynamics that take place at different levels. As a result, it is clear that a psychosocial approach can contribute to understanding them given that human agency is also shaped at a psychosocial level (Landini, Bianqui, and Crespi 2013;Landini, Leeuwis et al forthcomoing;.…”

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Different Argentine Rural Extensionists' Mindsets and Their Practical Implications

Landini

2014

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

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Purpose: This paper reflects upon the practice of Argentine rural extensionists working in the extension public system through the process of identifying different rural extensionists' types of mindsets and comparing them with transfer of technology extension approach, dialogical processes of horizontal knowledge exchange, participatory perspectives and innovation system approach. Design/Methodology/approach: A quali-quantitative investigation was conducted. Surveys containing closed and open questions were sent via email to rural extensionists. This allowed the researcher to identify their beliefs about different issues connected to extension practice. The sample was incidental (n = 219; 143 men, 76 women). Qualitative data was categorized and quantified. Finally, a two-steps cluster analysis was implemented. Findings: Two types of rural extensionists' mindsets were identified, one of which relates to the transfer of technology approach and other to the dialogical/horizontal model, yet neither of them fitting the ideal of the most important extension institution of the country, which supports an innovation system approach. Practical implications: Extensionists' practices and institutional ideals do not coincide. Reflexive training processes are required to make beliefs about rural extension explicit in order to build a contextually suitable extension proposal. Originality/Value: Through a quali-quantitative approach to the issue of rural extensionists' mindsets, this paper contributes to a better understanding of Argentine rural extensionists' practices.

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Household welfare impacts of an agricultural innovation platform in Uganda

Ahimbisibwe

Morton

Feleke

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Food and Energy Security

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Technical approaches to food production are important to the food security of growing populations in developing countries. However, strategic investments in research and farm‐level adoption require greater coherence in agricultural, societal, and local policies. The Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) and formation of the Cassava Innovation Platform (CIP) in Uganda were designed to stimulate interactions between researchers and farmers, leading to the development of improved cassava varieties through participatory plant breeding (PPB) and participatory variety selection (PVS). Moreover, the establishment of a community‐based commercialized seed system called Cassava Seed Entrepreneurship (CSE) has made an important contribution to the rapid multiplication and dissemination of clean planting materials in Uganda. The impact of CIP participation on rural household welfare was measured by household consumption expenditure per capita. The Endogenous Switching Regression (ESR) model was applied to data from a formal household survey conducted in the eastern, northern, and mid‐western regions of Uganda. The education, farm size, livestock size, access to credit, cost of cassava planting materials, access to extension service, access to training, and social group membership are significantly associated with CIP participation. CIP participation resulted in a 47.4% increase in household consumption expenditure. This important evidence highlights the need to promote agricultural innovation platform for improving rural livelihoods. Moreover, CIP participation has impact heterogeneity within the participant group that is conditional on household characteristics such as the gender of the household head, pointing to the need to tailor specific interventions and target specific groups within farm households.

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The impact of agricultural innovation system interventions on rural livelihoods in Malawi

Abstract: This paper presents on a study conducted in the central region of

Cited by 25 publications

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Drivers for the Adoption of Different Eco-Innovation Types in the Fertilizer Sector: A Review

Drivers for the Adoption of Different Eco-Innovation Types in the Fertilizer Sector: A Review

Different Argentine Rural Extensionists' Mindsets and Their Practical Implications

Household welfare impacts of an agricultural innovation platform in Uganda

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