Renewing innovation systems in agriculture and food : : how to go towards more sustainability? / / edited by E. Coudel ... [et al.].

• TeilnehmendeR: Coudel, E.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Present-day society asks more from agriculture than just the production of food. Agriculture is now required to be concerned with the quality of food, ecosystem services, inclusion of marginalized populations, revitalization of rural territories, energy production, etc. This opening up of the future of agriculture encourages rural actors to experiment with new farming systems, using imagination, creativity and determination to replace dominant models. At the same time, low-cost mass-production systems continue on their way, with promises of a future based on green technologies. In this discussion it is important to consider what kind of sustainable development societies really want. Which innovations will help in achieving these developments? What role can research and public policies play in supporting the emergence of these innovations? This book takes the debate beyond the purely technical options and considers social and institutional innovations as well. It demonstrates that innovation is the result of a confrontation between visions of actors who often have divergent interests. There is no single path towards sustainable development and we must find ways to encourage the emergence and co-existence of different types of agriculture and food systems. The success of transitions will not only depend on our capacity to rethink existing models, but especially on our willingness to embark on a creative learning process from which we will inevitably emerge transformed.

Table of Contents

""Renewing innovation systems in agriculture and food""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""Table of contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""Preface""; ""Patrick Caron""; ""Chapter 1. Reconsidering innovation to address sustainable development ""; ""Guy Faure, Emilie Coudel, Christophe T. Soulard and Hubert Devautour""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Innovation for what kind of development?""; ""1.3 Research on innovation changes to progressively take into account complexity""; ""1.4 New questions, new debates""; ""References""; ""Part I. Thinking innovation differently""

""Chapter 2. Standards governing agricultural innovation. Where do we come from? Where should we be going? """"Lawrence Busch""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Standards: building realities""; ""2.3 Before agricultural research: the farmer as experimenter""; ""2.4 Agricultural research as public good, 1600-1980""; ""2.5 Agricultural research as private good, ca. 1980 � present""; ""Box 2.1. From commodification to commonization of seeds.""; ""Pieter Lemmens and Guido Ruivenkamp""; ""2.6 Supermarkets, processors, and the standards revolution""; ""2.7 The coming storm""

""2.8 Widening the scope of agricultural research""""Box 2.2. Sustaining standards in a complex world: the case of SRI.""; ""Shambu Prasad Chebrolu""; ""Box 2.3. An example of reorientation of agricultural research to benefit small producers in Brazil.""; ""Eliane de Carvalho Noya, Bernard Roux and Geraldo Majella Bezerra Lopes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3. From concept to emerging practice: what does an innovation system perspective bring to agricultural and rural development? ""; ""Bernard Triomphe and Riikka Rajalahti""; ""3.1 Introduction""

""3.2 What is an innovation system and where does the IS concept come from?""""3.3 Operationalizing the innovation system perspective""; ""Box 3.1. Stimulating local innovation and farmer-led joint research.""; ""Box 3.2. Papa Andina and the participatory market chain approach.""; ""Box 3.3. Indian national agricultural innovation project.""; ""3.4 Some key challenges in applying an AIS perspective in practice""; ""3.5 Conclusions and perspectives""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4. Innovation systems of the future: what sort of entrepreneurs do we need? ""; ""Andy Hall and Kumuda Dorai""

""4.1 Introduction""""4.2 Innovation systems: beyond concepts?""; ""Box 4.1. Examples of entrepreneurship.""; ""4.3 Alternative sources of disruption: entrepreneurship and development""; ""4.4 What lies below the radar?""; ""4.5 Conclusions and implications for policy""; ""4.6 Practical Implications""; ""References""; ""Part II. Addressing new issues""; ""Chapter 5. Innovating in cropping and farming systems ""; ""Jean-Marc Meynard""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Agronomic, economic and social rationales for input-intensive agricultural systems: an example from France""

""5.3 What leeway for changing input-intensive systems?""