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Principles for agrifood research and innovation + Glossary

Anonymous — Fri, 27 May 2022 11:55:19 +0000

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Innovation

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CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

If you are a research or innovation manager or a funder of innovation in the agrifood sector, in the private or public sphere, these Principles are for you. Investment in research and innovation today will shape the agrifood systems of the future. The choices that you make during an innovation process will affect the future benefits and drawbacks of the innovations you help to create: for example, what types of people gain and lose, and what the effects are on the environment. Too often, these choices are not made consciously, and important issues are overlooked until it is too late. The Principles will help you deliver better overall outcomes, by actively considering sustainable agrifood system objectives at key stages of your innovation projects.

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CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2022. Principles for agrifood research and innovation + Glossary. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 20p.

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The role of extension and financial services in boosting the effect of innovation investments for reducing poverty and hunger: A DEA approach

Anonymous — Fri, 27 May 2022 11:55:19 +0000

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Innovation
Investment
Poverty

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Nin-Pratt, A.

Considering the new opportunities that ICT innovations bring to improve performance of financial and extension services, this study looks at the potential contribution of financial and extension services to the SDGs. The approach used extends the standard Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model to include longer-term management goals and find a solution that balances the efficient use of innovation investments and the achievement of policy goals, making this approach well suited for the analysis of the SDGs.

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Nin-Pratt, A. 2021. The role of extension and financial services in boosting the effect of innovation investments for reducing poverty and hunger: A DEA approach. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. 36p.

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Supporting innovation pathways for sustainable agriculture intensification: Lessons from cross country evidence

Anonymous — Fri, 27 May 2022 11:55:19 +0000

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Agricultural production
Innovation
Intensification

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Kohl, R.

This paper takes a first step in filling that gap in terms of assessing whether there is evidence to support proposals about how agricultural innovation pathways should be pursued. We have looked at the recent literature that proposes principles and approaches to achieving large-scale sustainable agriculture intensification (SAI), and disaggregated these all-inclusive approaches into individual components and hypotheses. We then tested six hypotheses through case studies of innovation pathways, trajectories, scaling and other attempts at achieving large-scale SAI. These cases come from three CoSAI-commissioned country studies in Brazil (Chiodi Bachion et al. 2022), India (Khandelwal et al. 2022) and Kenya (Mati et al. 2022), and five studies of the scaling of individual agricultural innovations commissioned by USAID’s Bureau of Resilience and Food Security (Kohl 2016a, 2016b, 2016c; Foy 2017; Foy and Wafula 2016).

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Kohl, R. 2022. Supporting innovation pathways for sustainable agriculture intensification: Lessons from cross country evidence. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. 76p.

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Investigating pathways for agricultural innovation at scale: Case studies from India

Anonymous — Mon, 02 May 2022 11:57:01 +0000

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Food systems
Innovation
Intensification
Investment

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Khandelwal, A.
Agarwal, N.
Jain, B.
Gupta, D.
John, A.T.

This is one of three country studies on Innovation Pathways in Agri-food Systems, managed by the Commission for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (CoSAI). The three studies use a common analytical framework to generate lessons on factors leading to successful innovation pathways, to guide future investment.

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Khandelwal, A.; Agarwal, N.; Jain, B.; Gupta, D.; John, A.T. 2022. Investigating pathways for agricultural innovation at scale: Case studies from India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. 64p.

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Task Force on Principles and Metrics for Innovation in Sustainable Agri-food Systems: Final Report

Anonymous — Mon, 02 May 2022 11:57:01 +0000

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Agricultural production
Food systems
Innovation
Investment

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Zurek, M.
Hebinck, A.
Wirths, J.
Al-Malalha, M.
Crawford, S.

A huge increase in investment for innovation in sustainable agri-food systems (SAS) will be critical for meeting the objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. Currently only a small fraction of investment addresses environmental or social goals together with productivity increase. A major challenge for both innovators and innovation investors is determining whether an investment ‘counts’ as one likely to promote both environmental and/or social sustainability. A way forward is to establish a clear set of principles for determining which innovations and innovation processes count as promoting SAS, together with guidance for how to operationalize these principles. Currently though there is a gap in the intersecting area of principles for innovation in SAS, with various principles existing for sustainable agriculture (in general), and others for innovation and innovation systems. For this reason, the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (CoSAI) set out to create principles that cover both the outcomes and processes of innovation in SAS. This report presents the Principles for Innovation in Sustainable Agri-Food Systems as developed by a multi-stakeholder group of research agencies, investors, private sector and NGO representatives, and watchdog organizations. It describes the process including task force composition, public consultation, pre-piloting and next steps. The report furthermore provides background for the selection of principles and describes the operationalization framework for the pilot version of the Principles as developed until December 2021

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Zurek, M.; Hebinck, A.; Wirths, J.; Al-Malalha, M.; Crawford, S. 2022. Task Force on Principles and Metrics for Innovation in Sustainable Agri-food Systems: Final Report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. 54p.

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Potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture in the Global South: Priority investments for innovation

Anonymous — Mon, 02 May 2022 11:57:01 +0000

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Agricultural production
Innovation
Intensification
Investment
Periurban agriculture
Urban agriculture

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Prain, G.

Cities are highly visible centers of mass consumption of food and vast excretion of waste; they are less often associated with the production of food. Yet closer observation of cities in the Global South reveals that they are also locations of food production. This report describes the major challenges affecting crop cultivation and animal raising as well as food consumption in and around cities, where many households are poorly fed, negatively affected by unsustainable urbanization processes, and threatened with a warming and disease-prone world. It asks whether urban agriculture can mitigate these challenges, how it is affected by them, and if, indeed, it may exacerbate them. These questions demand a detailed consideration of the definitions of urban agriculture, especially between agricultural activities within the built-up environment and peri-urban agriculture conducted on the edge of the city and in the surrounding areas. Both of these are included in our analysis of urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA).

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Prain, G. 2022. Potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture in the Global South: Priority investments for innovation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. 100p.

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Investigating pathways for agricultural innovation at scale: Case studies from Brazil

Anonymous — Mon, 02 May 2022 11:57:01 +0000

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Food systems
Innovation
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Chiodi Bachion, L.
Barcellos Antoniazzi, L.
Rocha Junior, A.
Chamma, A.
Barretto, A.
Safanelli, J.L.
Araújo, M.
Takahashi, N.
Maule, R.
Martins, S.
Ranieri, S.
Alves, V.

This is one of three country studies on Innovation Pathways in Agri-food Systems, managed by the Commission for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (CoSAI). The three studies use a common analytical framework to generate lessons on factors leading to successful innovation pathways, to guide future investment.

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Chiodi Bachion, L.; Barcellos Antoniazzi, L.; Rocha Junior, A.; Chamma, A.; Barretto, A.; Safanelli, J.L.; Araújo, M.; Takahashi, N.; Maule, R.; Martins, S.; Ranieri, S.; Alves, V. 2022. Investigating pathways for agricultural innovation at scale: Case studies from Brazil. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. 61p.

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Investigating pathways for agricultural innovation at scale: Case studies from Kenya

Anonymous — Mon, 02 May 2022 11:57:01 +0000

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Food systems
Innovation
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Mati, B.M.
Sijali, I.V.
Ngeera, K.A.

This is one of three country studies on Innovation Pathways in Agri-food Systems, managed by the Commission for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (CoSAI). The three studies use a common analytical framework to generate lessons on factors leading to successful innovation pathways, to guide future investment

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Mati, B.M.; Sijali, I.V.; Ngeera, K.A. 2022. Investigating pathways for agricultural innovation at scale: Case studies from Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. 46p.

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Mining the gaps:using machine learning to map a million data points from agricultural research from the global south

Anonymous — Mon, 02 May 2022 11:57:01 +0000

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Agricultural production
Food systems
Livelihoods

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Porciello, J.
Lipper, L.
Bourne, T.
Ivanina, M.
Lin, S.
Langleben, S.

We’re entering a new era in agriculture, one that moves beyond a purely production-oriented vision and recognizes its role in contributing to a food system that prioritizes people’s livelihoods and nutrition, as well as environmental and climate outcomes. This shift in thinking will require major shifts in policy, research, and investment. But where should these investments go? What foundations should be strengthened? Which gaps need filling? What’s working? What’s not? In order to answer these questions in an informed way, we need to examine the evidence that exists and identify areas where more research is needed.

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Porciello, J.; Lipper, L.; Bourne, T.; Ivanina, M.; Lin, S.; Langleben, S. 2021. Mining the gaps:using machine learning to map a million data points from agricultural research from the global south. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 22p.

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How can economic incentives designed for environmental conservation support a transition to sustainable and equitable agriculture?

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:56:34 +0000

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Agricultural production
Climate change
Livelihoods

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Moros, L.
Puerto, S.
Monroy, D.
Achaval-Torre, J.
Rueda, X.

Agriculture is crucial for the livelihood of millions of people worldwide and is one of the main drivers of deforestation, biodiversity loss and resource degradation. The contribution of agriculture to these environmental problems has been exacerbated by subsidies, which constitute the dominant public policy to support farmers. At the same time, other economic instruments introducing more sustainable land-use practices and incentivizing better environmental and social outcomes are already being applied worldwide. In this report, we selected a set of these incentive-based instruments for conservation and reviewed synthesis and meta-analysis studies that offered robust evaluations and comparisons of existing research. Please note that we use conservation as a shorthand for the protection and restoration of nature, and the mitigation of the effects of climate change on the environment. Based on thisreview, we identify their impacts on environmental, economic, and equity outcomes and discuss the success factors and challenges in their application and design.

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Moros, L.; Puerto, S.; Monroy, D.; Achaval-Torre, J.; Rueda, X. 2022. How can economic incentives designed for environmental conservation support a transition to sustainable and equitable agriculture? Colombo, Sri Lanka: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. 42p.

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