Supporting smallholders in maize cultivation: using an agricultural innovation systems approach

Supporting smallholders in maize cultivation: using an agricultural innovation systems approachAn innovation system can be defined as a network of organizations, enterprises and individuals focused on bringing new products, new processes and new forms of organization into use, together with the institutions and policies that affect their behaviour and performance. In this chapter, we present an agricultural innovation systems (AIS) approach to understanding the role of research in agricultural innovation, with a focus on the case of research

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