One Finger Cannot Lift a Rock: Facilitating Innovation Platforms to Trigger Institutional Change in West Africa

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dc.contributorDebrah, K.A.en
dc.contributorAdjei-Nsiah, S.en
dc.contributorAdu-Acheampong, R.K.en
dc.contributorDembele, F.en
dc.contributorKossou, D.en
dc.contributorLassine, S.en
dc.contributorMundy, P.en
dc.contributorNederlof, S.en
dc.contributorOuologuem, S.en
dc.contributorPyburn, R.en
dc.contributorSaïdou, A.en
dc.contributorSakyi-Dawson, O.en
dc.contributorTraore, M.en
dc.contributorVissoh, P.V.en
dc.contributorZannou, E.T.en
dc.contributor.authorNederlof, S.en
dc.contributor.authorPyburn, R.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialBeninen
dc.coverage.spatialMalien
dc.coverage.spatialGhanaen
dc.coverage.temporal2008 - 2012en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:30:20Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:30:20Zen
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractSmallholder African farmers, who produce most of the produce, tea, coffee, and other agricultural goods exported to Europe, are constrained by the institutional arrangements under which they operate. Institutional changes must take place that facilitate smallholder farmers’ ability to take advantage of opportunities. To this end, Wageningen University developed a research program labeled Convergence of Sciences-Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems (CoS-SIS). Through this effort, doctoral candidates and research associates facilitated innovation platforms called Concertation and Innovation Groups (CIGs), with the objectives of removing institutional constraints and investigating pathways that lead to innovation. This book describes the experiences of these facilitators, mapping out the development of each CIG: Their formation, the constraints they encountered, and the development of solutions. It provides a practical reference for the formation of innovation platforms which seek to create institutional change in a value chain.en
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dc.identifier6949en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70157en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmsterdam, The Netherlands:Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.kit.nl/net/KIT_Publicaties_output/ShowFile2.aspx?e=1987en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2012 by Royal Tropical Instituteen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectStakeholdersen
dc.subjectCommunity institutionsen
dc.subjectSocial learningen
dc.subjectCommunity managementen
dc.subjectSocial capitalen
dc.subjectLeadership developmenten
dc.subjectEnterprise developmenten
dc.subjectInstitutional capacity buildingen
dc.subjectEmpowermenten
dc.subjectCommunity participationen
dc.subjectSmall holder enterpriseen
dc.subjectCommunity developmenten
dc.subjectInnovation platformsen
dc.subjectInstitutional changeen
dc.subjectValue chainsen
dc.subjectGovernance Watersheden
dc.titleOne Finger Cannot Lift a Rock: Facilitating Innovation Platforms to Trigger Institutional Change in West Africaen
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