Ekboir Davis, K. J.Mekasha, W.Ochieng, C. M. O.Spielman, D. J.Zerfu, E.2016-04-192016-04-192007IFPRI Discussion Paper 00736http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70258Metadata only recordThis paper examines the role of postsecondary agricultural education and training (AET) in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the region’s agricultural innovation systems. Specifically, the paper looks at how AET in Sub-Saharan Africa can contribute to agricultural development by strengthening innovative capabilities, or the ability to introduce new products and processes that are socially or economically relevant to smallholder farmers and other agents in the agricultural sector.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightTrainingNongovernmental organizations (NGOs)Adult educationInstitutional capacity buildingUniversitiesAssociationsAdoption of innovationsAgricultural education and trainingInnovation systemsSub-Saharan AfricaEthiopiaMozambiqueStrengthening agricultural education and training in sub-Saharan Africa from an innovation systems perspectiveAbstractCopyright 2007 by the International Food Policy Research Institute. All rights reserved.