Research & Innovation

In the scientific community, just like among the development cooperation actors, there is far-reaching agreement that progress in development in the rural regions of our world not being at the level desired cannot be put down to a lack of knowledge. Rather, the problem is that of implementing this knowledge – and hence the question of how new ideas get “from the lab to the field”, how innovative solutions can be taken to scale. And how the overall process of innovation can be speeded up.

Articles:

• Biochar – a soil enhancer for (nearly) all cases
• Cell-based (fish) meat – no longer a pie in the sky
• Rethinking the rural-urban relationship based on nutrient recycling
• Leveraging the power of network effects
• How science on-the-go can enhance development efforts
• You can change the game
• More, but not of the same – new funding for a new type of AR4D needed
• Moving towards “One CGIAR”
• Leapfrogging for Africa’s agri-food sector
• Silicon Valley for Africa’s agricultural start-ups
• Smallholders’ adoption of innovations – an agenda for learning
• A reality check for digital agricultural extension tool development and use
• Using personal digital extension services to improve agriculture performance
• Mobile-based solutions lagging behind their possibilities
• Returnee migrants as agricultural innovators in Nepal
• Closing the adoption gap