INNOVATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION WITH INCLUSION IN THE ANDEAN REGION.Panorama Andino - Learning from case studies on locally promoted innovation experiences
Résumé
Agricultural systems in the Andes are going through significant amounts of transformation and are being affected by new dynamics (i.e. globalization, climate change, migration, urbanization). In this context, local communities are developing creative responses and adjustments to these changes through the innovation of agricultural systems. What is the true innovation system that exists in the region? This question recognizes that there is a new reality evolving within innovation systems in the region in response to these new dynamics. Searching to answer this question, the Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andes Eco-Region, CONDESAN, is conducting a regional study and synthesis process on innovation of agricultural systems in the Andes, denominated Panorama Andino. The objective of this study is to identify and learn about innovation processes that have had an effect over socio-economic wellbeing of rural populations (poverty reduction with inclusion). The study and synthesis process will permit a deeper knowledge about the practices followed by people who innovate more and what do they do differently from others to produce something new. We expect to learn more about how existing environments (natural, social, cultural, human, political, economical) exercise influence over the occurrence or non-occurrence of an innovation process. Additionally, through mapping all the actors within the innovation processes with their links and synergies, we hope to better understand what actors participate in processes that result in poverty reduction with inclusion. Finally, we expect to identify the role agricultural policies in the region have on innovation systems. We want to understand if policies are encouraging, are becoming barriers to innovation or, are simply not working. Recommendations on how to move forward with innovation at regional level will come out of this analysis.
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