El presente artículo evalúa el Programa Estímulos a la Innovación (pei) en México, a partir de su contribución al Sistema Regional de Innovación (sri) de Baja California, entre los años 2009-2013. Mediante las metodologías del comportamiento adicional, se analizan los efectos al interior de las empresas, y de redes, se analiza el nivel de vinculación e interacciones entre los actores empresariales, científicos y gubernamentales del sri. Los resultados muestran que al condicionar el financiamiento de los proyectos de innovación a la vinculación de los actores empresariales y científicos, el pei está contribuyendo a fortalecer el sri incentivando el 15% de sus interacciones
This issue of the quarterly journal "Capacity.org" focuses on methods that can help to understand the societal context in which capacity development takes place. One of these methods is systems thinking, in which organisations, sectors and societies are seen as systems composed...
This paper presents the processes, general guidelines lessons and experiences pertaining to “good practices” for organizing and forming Agricultural Innovation Platforms in the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site, covering three countries (Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo) with widely...
This paper highlights seven key issues which are critical to effective platform facilitation and have not received the attention they deserve: the dynamic and evolving nature of platforms; power dynamics; gender equity; external versus internal facilitation; sustainability of the process;...
This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion in the scientific literature on the advantages and disadvantages of privatization of extension and advisory services and the shift from thinking in terms of the traditional Agricultural Knowledge System towards a broader Agricultural Innovation...
Cet article présente les résultats clés tirés de l’analyse transversale de 13 expériences d’innovation agricole menées au Bénin, au Kenya et en Afrique du Sud. L’évaluation a utilisé un cadre analytique commun inspiré de l’approche systèmes d’innovation pour comprendre comment...
