Innovation Africa
Subtitle: enriching farmers' livelihoods
By: edited by Pascal C. Sanginga ... [et al.].
Contributors: Sanginga, P. C.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9781844076710; 9781844076727
Subjects: Agricultural innovations -- Africa
Table of contents: title: Innovation Africa: an introduction / by Ann Waters-Bayer ... [et al.]; title: Conceptual and methodological developments in innovation / by Niels Roling; title: Comparison of frameworks for studying grassroots innovation / by Amanuel Assefa ... [et al.]; title: Applying the innovation systems concept in the field: experiences of a research team in Uganda / by Chris Opondo ... [et al.]; title: Developing the art and science of innovation systems inquiry: alternative tools and methods and applications to sub-Saharan African agriculture / by David Spielman, Javier Ekboir and Kristin Davis; title: Harnessing local and outsiders' knowledge: experiences of a multistakeholder partnership to promote farmer innovation in Ethiopia / by Tesfahun Fenta and Amanuel Assefa; title: An innovation system in the rangelands: using collective action to diversify livelihoods among settled pastoralists in Ethiopia / by Layne Coppock ... [et al.]; title: Social networks and status in adoption of agricultural technologies and practices among small-scale farmers in Uganda / by Robert Mazur and Sheila Onzere; title: From participation to partnership: a different way for researchers to accompany innovation processes' challenges and difficulties / by Henri Hocdé ... [et al.]; title: Participatory analysis of the potato knowledge and information system in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda / by Peter Gildemacher ... [et al.]; title: Enabling rural innovation: empowering farmers to take advantage of market opportunities and improve livelihoods / by Susan Kaaria ... [et al.]; title: Doing things differently: post-harvest innovation learning alliances in Tanzania and Zimbabwe / by Brighton Mvumi ... [et al.]; title: Alternative funding mechanisms for local innovation systems / by Willem Heemskerk ... [et al.]; title: Tracking outcomes of social and institutional innovations in natural resource management / by Pascal Sanginga ... [et al.]; title: Recognising and enhancing processes of local innovation / by Ann Waters-Bayer ... [et al.]; title: Building institutions for endogenous development / by Jeanne T. Gradé, John R.S. Tabuti and Patrick Van Damme; title: Village information and communication centres in Rwanda / by Silvia Andrea Pérez ... [et al.]; title: Farmer field schools for rural empowerment and life-long learning in integrated nutrient management / by Andre de Jager ... [et al.]; title: From strangler to nourisher: how novice rice farmers turned challenges into opportunities / by Geoffrey Kamau and Conny Almekinders; title: Strengthening interinstitutional capacity for rural innovation / by Richard Hawkins ... [et al.]; title: Building competencies for innovation in agricultural research / by Diana Akullo ... [et al.]; title: Shaping agricultural research for development to Africa's needs: building South African capacity to innovate / by Aart-Jan Verschoor ... [et al.]; title: Going to scale with facilitation for change: developing competence to facilitate community emancipation and innovation in South Africa / by Hlamalani Ngwenya, Jürgen Hagmann and Johannes Ramaru; title: Building capacity for participatory monitoring and evaluation / by Jemimah Njuki ... [et al.]; title: Innovation Africa: beyond rhetoric to praxis / by Pascal Sanginga ... [et al.].