Unlocking innovation represents a major challenge. |A diversity of approaches grounded on participatory action research have been developed including notably the concept of Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D).
Despite the conceptual agreement around these approaches and the promise they hold, there are also concerns, not only regarding how these approaches can have impact, but also how they can they do so at scale. Participatory approaches to agricultural research have often been judged to be slow and costly “boutique solutions” confined to the sites where they work directly. As a result their impact on poverty is considered by some to be marginal when compared with commodity research targeting many millions of people.
This Session explored these issues by considering how investment in agricultural research can be strengthened to increase its contribution to poverty reduction and improve the lives of those that more conventional approaches have failed to reach. In doing so the panelists considered the specific issues of partnerships and the role that they play in strengthening the quality of our work and the ultimate scale of the impacts.
What is needed for implementing innovation partnerships and producing the evidence and understanding required for impact in global, regional and national programs?
- policy context: R. Cooke (IFAD Rural Poverty Report 2011)
- A.Dave (SEWA – Women’s Rural Organization South Asia)
- A. Waters-Bayer (INSARD/CSO-GARD CSO Network)
- P. Dugan (CRP Aquatic Agricultural Systems)
- W. Payne (CRP Dryland Agriculture)
P3.1. Establishing effective livelihood research partnerships for impact at scale from GCARD Conferences
- A. Adekunle (FARA SSA-CP/CRP 1.2 on Humid Tropics)
- G. Thiele (CRP Roots tubers & bananas)
P3.1 Working with National Innovation Pilot Learning Sites and Inter-regional Innovation Platforms from GCARD Conferences
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