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The
Innovation
Africa Symposium will convene a group of internationally
recognised experts on innovation systems to share their latest
thinking with agricultural researchers and development partners.
Objectives
- Enable
researchers, social entrepreneurs, private sector and development
practitioners to interact and share experiences on the latest
research and initiatives on innovation systems and their
impacts.
- Demonstrate
importance of building upon local peoples' initiatives in
experimentation and innovation
- Understand
the implications of an innovation systems perspective for
agricultural research and development
- Identify
policy options, organisational solutions and capacity needs,
and the way forward to strengthen the potential for greater
pro-poor innovation
- Catalyse
new knowledge-sharing partnerships for
developing south-south learning and networking of
professionals working on innovation.
Topics
-
Conceptual and methodological developments in agricultural
innovation systems
- Strengthening
partnerships and other forms of social capital in agricultural
innovation systems
- Institutional
arrangements, policy options, and knowledge-sharing mechanisms
to support agricultural innovation systems
- Enhancing
local innovation processes
- Market-led
innovation in agriculture
- Building
capacity for integrating innovation systems approaches into
agricultural research and development.
Format
The symposium will be organised in a format designed to maximise
dynamic knowledge sharing by integrating formal plenary presentations,
small group discussions, and reflection on practical experiences,
including case studies. Mini-workshops will be organised to
offer an open space for information exchange amongst special
interest groups around symposium themes. Sessions will be
designed to provide a balance between practice and theory.
An innovation marketplace session will be used to share practical
experiences on the ground.
Further
Information
Deadline
for submission of abstract for papers and marketplace exhibits:
15 August 2006
Send abstracts and/or proposals as Microsoft Word
attachments to the Innovation Africa Symposium
secretariat: innovationafrica@cgiar.org
with copies to
p.sanginga@cgiar.org
and ann.waters-bayer@etcnl.nl
BrochurePDF
Contacts
Dr. Susan Kaaria
Rural Innovation Institute
CIAT-Africa
POB 6247, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256-41-567804
Fax: +256-41-567635
E-mail: s.kaaria@cgiar.org
www.ciat.cgiar.org
Dr. Ponniah Anandajayasekeram,
Programme Leader - Agricultural Innovation System for Sub-
Saharan Africa
IFPRI-ISNAR and ILRI
PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251-011-6463215 (Ext. 278)
Fax: +251-011-6462927
E-mail: p.anandajayasekeram@cgiar.org
www.ifpri.org
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