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Agricultural Innovation System for Horticulture and Viticulture: Georgia. International Service for National Agricultural Research Tugrul Temel January 15, 2003. Agricultural Innovation System (AIS).
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Agricultural Innovation Systemfor Horticulture and Viticulture: Georgia International Service for National Agricultural Research Tugrul Temel January 15, 2003
Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) • A set of organizations interacting in areas concerning HV policy, research & extension, credit, farming, input supply, marketing, and processing; • To develop, distribute & apply new or improved technologies for HV; and • To influence the process of change in the HV sector.
Set of Interacting Organizations • Policy units [P] • HV research & extension organizations [R] • Agricultural banks [B] • HV farmers, Farmers’ association [F] • Input suppliers (seed/fertilizer/pest./equipment) [I] • HV marketing firms [M] • HV processing firms [Pr] • Consultancy firms [C] • External organizations (Int’l orgs, NGOs, donors) [X]
F Organizations in NARS Additional organizations in the AIS Linkages between any two organizations in the AIS Agricultural Innovation System Organizations and Their Linkages P PM R B FX I M Pr C X FX Linkage between Farmers and External organizations
Agricultural Innovation System • An AIS comes into being through flow of: • Information • Knowledge • Skills • Resources
Solutions to the Problems Require • An effective flow of IKSR among organizations of the AIS for HV • An IEN to facilitate this flow between multiple organizations
F Organizations and information flows in NARS Additional organizations in the AIS Linkages between any two organizations in the AIS Agricultural Innovation System: Information Flows within Research and Extension System P R B I M Pr C X
Agricultural Innovation System • Information and Knowledge Flows in an AIS are pluralistic
F Organizations in NARS Additional organizations in the AIS Linkages between any two organizations in the AIS Agricultural Innovation System: Information Flow through an Information Exchange Network P PM R B FX I Information Exchange Network M Pr C X Information Flow in AIS through Information Exchange Network
Agricultural Innovation System • An IEN facilitates the AIS • It may be essential for AIS to develop • An IEN may be a “public good” to support the AIS for HV in Georgia • It may be initiated by the Research System and supported through Public-Private Partnership