Research Into Use: Investigating the Relationship between Agricultural Research and Innovation
Andy Hall, Jeroen Dijkman & R. Sulaiman
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This paper sets out an analytical framework for doing research on the
question of how to use agricultural research for innovation and impact.
Its focus is the Research Into Use programme sponsored by the UK's
Department for International Development (DFID). This is one example of
a new type of international development programme that seeks to find
better ways of using research for developmental purposes. The main
analytical approach draws on contemporary innovation perspectives and
focuses on understanding the ways in which the process of research is
used, rather than only on how research products are transferred and
adopted. It argues that there is a diversity of ways of organising
innovation appropriate to different market, social, technological,
institutional and policy niches. The framework developed in the paper is
used to frame questions that will help RIU in its quest to provide
practical policy with selection guidance in choosing the right sort of
innovation support strategies for particular requirements of different
niches at different points in the innovation trajectory.
Key words: Agricultural Research, Agricultural Innovation, Innovation
Systems, Innovation Narratives, Public Policy, Private Investment
JEL Codes: N5, O13, O19, O22, O31, Q01, Q13, Q16, Q18,
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
ISSN 1871-9872