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Poverty is widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa, and much of it is located to rural areas. Since agriculture is the economic activity that involves a majority of the population in many African countries, and since productivity is generally low in African staple crop cultivation, there is wide agreement that productivity increases is central to poverty reduction in this region.
Several research traditions have tried to explain the lack, or low level of, productivity change in African staple crop agriculture. The theory of induced technical change, the theory of innovation diffusion and the innovation system approach have all made limited contributions. However, there seems to be lacking understanding in how all these approaches relate to the political economy of innovation. Hence, a fundamental question to ask is technology on whose terms?
The purpose of the panel is to dwell on political economy analysis, stakeholders and relations between actors in innovation systems in order to enhance the understanding of innovation possibilities for poverty reduction in African staple crop agriculture.
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Accepted Abstracts
SESSION 1
Institutional and Governance Framework for Participatory Technology Enterprise Development in Uganda
Peasant Institutions and an Indifferent State - Why the Farmer Driven Innovation Process of Shallow Groundwater Irrigation Farming in Northern Ghana Could spread that Easily
“Grassroot Development”, Innovation and Rural Producers' Organisations: A Mozambican Case Study
South-South Cooperation Policy as a Tool for Agricultural Technical Change
Innovation Diffusion Constrained– Technical Change in Agriculture on the Mossi Plateau, Burkina Faso
SESSION 2
Evaluation of the Impact of the Technologies of Cowpeas Production on the Poverty Reduction, the Food Security, the Environment and Health of Populations in Burkina Faso
Taking it One Day at the Time: Cultivating and Processing Alternative Staple Foods in Central Senegal
Conditions of Acceptance and Appropriation of Drip Irrigation in Burkina Faso: Benefits and Constraints
Adoption and Impact of NERICA Rice Varieties in Western Region of Burkina Faso
