Innovation and agricultural exports: the case of sub-Saharan Africa

Korzun, Monika; Adekunle, Bamidele; Filson, Glen C.

doi:10.1080/20421338.2014.976970

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“…In the opinion of Hooli and Jauhiainen (2018), innovation emerges from local practices and is an evolutionary process. As also explicated by Korzun, Adekunle, and Filson (2014) and Mgumia, Mattee, and Kundi (2015), it is neither research nor science and technology. Instead, it has been developed over time within a social group incorporating both learning from experiences of earlier generations and accumulated knowledge from whatever sources.…”

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Risk induced farmers’ participation in agricultural innovations: evidence from a field experiment in eastern Ethiopia

Lemessa

Yismaw

Watabaji

2019

Development Studies Research

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It is widely accepted that agricultural innovations are vital to ensure food security and economic development. While farmers are among the key sources of agricultural innovations, many studies conducted in the past conceived them as adopters of externally generated technologies. They regarded farmers only as adopters of induced technologies. This study is designed to analyze farmers' participation in agricultural innovation activities using survey and experimental data. Both descriptive and econometric techniques were employed to analyze the data. It appears that risk attitudes and time preferences are variables that enhance farmers' participation in agricultural innovation activities. Wealth and socioeconomic variables such as access to information and irrigation facilities, input usage and age of household head are significantly correlated with farmers' participation in agricultural innovation activities. The findings comply with the induced innovation hypothesis, which recognizes the importance of threats and opportunities to triggering farmers' participation in agricultural innovation activities.

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Risk induced farmers’ participation in agricultural innovations: evidence from a field experiment in eastern Ethiopia

Lemessa

Yismaw

Watabaji

2019

Development Studies Research

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Unlocking Agricultural Innovation: A Roadmap for Growth and Sustainability

Farsani,

Choobchian,

Naghani

2024

J Knowl Econ

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A Quantitative Approach to Innovation in Agricultural Value Chains: Evidence from Kenyan Horticulture

Krishnan

Foster

2017

Eur J Dev Res

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In less developed countries such as Kenya trade is increasingly occurring through, and employment is found within, global and local value chains. Yet, although innovation is widely recognised as crucial for development, the endogenous relationship between small-scale innovations and participation in global value chains (GVCs) has yet to be explored sufficiently. This endogeneity is highlighted using the L s of labels linkages and learnings as key overlapping factors that affect both the processes of innovation as well as GVC participation. Drawing on a survey of 320 fresh fruit farmers and 55 interviews in Kenya, we develop a novel method to quantify small-scale agricultural innovations, which are categorised into two overarching types. The first formal, emanate from meeting standard requirements; the second, informal, evolve from local contexts and are less codified. We find that GVC farmers perform more formal innovations, while local farmers perform similar levels of informal innovation to GVC farmers.

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Innovation and agricultural exports: the case of sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Risk induced farmers’ participation in agricultural innovations: evidence from a field experiment in eastern Ethiopia

Risk induced farmers’ participation in agricultural innovations: evidence from a field experiment in eastern Ethiopia

Unlocking Agricultural Innovation: A Roadmap for Growth and Sustainability

A Quantitative Approach to Innovation in Agricultural Value Chains: Evidence from Kenyan Horticulture

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