Innovation Support Funds for Farmer-led Research and Development

Innovation Support Funds for Farmer-led Research and Development

In 2004, nine country programs involved in PROLINNOVA (Promoting Local Innovation in ecologically-oriented agriculture and natural resource management) considered how local innovation could be enhanced. The PROLINNOVA partners (national NGOs and...

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Main Authors: Water-Bayer, Ann, van Veldhuizen, Laurens, Wongtschowski, Mariana, Killough, Scott
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AGRICULTURAL
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
ANIMALS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CITIES
COLLABORATION
COMMUNITY GROUPS
COOPERATIVES
CROPS
DECISION-MAKING
EXTENSION
EXTENSION SERVICES
EXTENSIONISTS
FARMER
FARMER COUNCILS
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMING COMMUNITIES
FARMS
FUNDING MECHANISMS
GENDER
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
LEARNING
LIVELIHOODS
MARKETING
MICRO-FINANCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NGOS
PASTORALISTS
POOR FARMERS
PRODUCE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
SCIENTISTS
SEED
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6421744/innovation-support-funds-farmer-led-research-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10749
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Summary:In 2004, nine country programs involved in PROLINNOVA (Promoting Local Innovation in ecologically-oriented agriculture and natural resource management) considered how local innovation could be enhanced. The PROLINNOVA partners (national NGOs and government institutions of research, extension and education) saw a need for flexible funding mechanisms to support farmer-led participatory research and development (R&D) processes. They developed the concept of locally controlled "Innovation Support Funds" (ISFs) that would allow farmers to invest in their own research, to hire external resource persons to support it, to access external information, and to conduct cross visits. The note explores the ISF concept, and describes how PROLINNOVA partners envisage their operation.

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