In:
Outlook on Agriculture, SAGE Publications, Vol. 43, No. 3 ( 2014-09), p. 219-223
Kurzfassung:
A recently implemented research and development (R & D) programme in New Zealand is attempting to implement co-innovation principles throughout the country's agricultural sector. It is based on an agricultural innovation systems (AIS) approach, using five innovation platforms (IPs) based in the leading industries, plus a national-level I P. This paper presents and analyses the emerging challenges of operationalizing transdisciplinary research connected to co-innovation in the context of the programme. The main challenges relate to managing the complexity of a multi-stakeholder network, aligning the formal procedures for research funding and IPs with a co-innovation approach that requires flexibility, and changing participants' framing of innovation from linear to interactive models. Our conclusion is that ‘learning by doing’ is essential in operationalizing co-innovation. Its practical implications still need to be translated into institutional changes in the national R & D structures so that policies, instruments and incentives enable co-innovation. It is envisaged that the higher-level innovation platform will drive these changes.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0030-7270
,
2043-6866
DOI:
10.5367/oa.2014.0175
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
SAGE Publications
Publikationsdatum:
2014
ZDB Id:
2034986-5
