Preparing an ‘innovation history’ is a method for recording and reflecting on an innovation process. People who have been involved in the innovation jointly construct a detailed written account (sometimes referred to as a ‘learning history’) based on their recollections and on available documents...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Ashby, J.A.
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[Innovation histories: A method from learning from experience]
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Innovation histories: A method from learning from experience
Widespread adoption and impact of improved crop varieties and animal breeds depends on the tangible benefits they provide for the women and men involved in their production, consumption and marketing. For breeders to meet the needs of resource-poor users, interdisciplinary collaboration is needed...
Ashby, J.A.
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Polar, Vivian
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Thiele, Graham
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[Critical Decisions for Ensuring Plant or Animal Breeding is Gender-Responsive]
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Critical Decisions for Ensuring Plant or Animal Breeding is Gender-Responsive
Millions of dollars are spent each year on research and development (R&D) initiatives in an attempt to improve rural livelihoods in the developing world, but rural poverty remains an intractable problem in many places. There are many reasons for this; one being the limited collective learning tha...
Lundy, Mark
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Gottret, María Verónica
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Ashby, J.A.
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[Learning alliances: An approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems]
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Learning alliances: An approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems