Sustainability expert Dr Alison Shaw and agricultural development researcher Dr Patti Kristjanson share the details of their work towards implementing a research and development concept that, in our highly connected world, could change the way agricultural studies are conducted: social learning.
Context: Increased adoption of technologies and improved research in West Africa emphasising gender inclusion for adopting appropriate rice varieties for Upland, Lowland and irrigated ecologies. In this research, farmers experiment with varieties and give feedback about how to continue to focus o...
Context: The Learning Alliance looks for leverage points for social learning in value chain systems and analysis linking rural farmers with markets. It uses an approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems that develop collaborative teams and learning platforms with development NGOs a...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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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
There is convergence between current theory and practice in global environmental change research and development communities on the importance of approaches that aim to ‘engage and embed’, i.e. engage diverse and relevant actors in knowledge creation and embed scientific information into societal...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Catalysing learning for development and climate change: an exploration of social learning and social differentiation in CGIAR]
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Catalysing learning for development and climate change: an exploration of social learning and social differentiation in CGIAR