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IF 2.4 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Meine Pieter van Dijk
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目的 提高卢旺达马铃薯价值链的生产力需要优质马铃薯种薯。文章分析了如何在一个发展项目的框架内引入创新,通过一家公司和两家教育机构之间的合作,利用三重螺旋方法生产出更好的马铃薯种薯。这导致了通过公私合作伙伴关系 (PPP) 以负担得起的价格生产和引进改良马铃薯种子。对专家进行了访谈,并对当地生产者进行了调查,以确定影响该伙伴关系取得成功的因素。研究结果 建立了一个服务、培训和创新中心(STIC),在试管马铃薯小苗栽培和气培法生产迷你试管的基础上,以商业规模生产非洲第一批清洁马铃薯种子。该中心名为 "马铃薯种子促进中心"(Seed Potato Advancement Centre),是一个教育-企业合作机构,利用这些小植株通过气培法生产微型立管。种子增殖者负责种子增殖的后三个阶段。最终产品是认证马铃薯,出售给马铃薯种植者。卢旺达无病马铃薯种子的供应促进了马铃薯价值链的发展,并有助于粮食安全。研究的局限性/影响局限性在于受访专家人数有限,而且调查不仅涉及与马铃薯有关的活动。社会影响科技创新中心是政府、私营部门和知识部门为实现商业和发展目标而开展合作的工具。它们是技术转让的渠道。它们可以开展应用研究,包括农艺研究;收集信息;以及传播、联网、培训和组织推广活动。该模式可在其他部门和国家重复使用。其次,利用三重螺旋和价值链文献来研究适当创新的引入和实施,同时确定了决定伙伴关系成功的因素。这涉及到非洲首次商业规模的清洁马铃薯种子生产。
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Triple Helix approach to innovation in Rwanda's agriculture resulted in a partnership between educational institutions and a private firm producing clean seed potatoes
PurposeHigher productivity in the potato value chain in Rwanda requires good quality seed potatoes. The article analyzes how innovations were introduced in the framework of a development project resulting in a partnership between a firm and two educational institutions to produce better seed potatoes, using the Triple Helix approach.Design/methodology/approachIn the Triple Helix model government, academia and the private sector work together to develop and introduce innovations. This led to producing and introducing improved seed potatoes at an affordable price through a public private partnership (PPP). Interviews with experts and a survey of local producers were carried out to identify factors influencing the success of the partnership.FindingsA Service, Training and Innovation Center (STIC) has been created to produce the first clean potato seeds in Africa on a commercial scale, based on cultivation of in vitro potato plantlets and aeroponics to produce mini-tubers. It is called Seed Potato Advancement Centre, an education–enterprise partnership, using these plantlets to produce mini-tubers through aeroponics. Seed multipliers are responsible for the next three stages of seed multiplication. The final product is the certified potato, sold to ware potato farmers. The availability of disease-free seed potatoes in Rwanda gives a boost to the potato value chains and contributes to food security. The partnership was successful because of the support from the government and donors, with the private sector and the extension services helping to implement the innovations effectively.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation is that the number of experts interviewed is limited and the survey did not only deal with potato-related activities. The focus is on one region only, but the most important potato growing area in Rwanda.Social implicationsSTICs function as a tool for cooperation between government, private sector and the knowledge sector to achieve commercial and development goals. They function as a channel for technology transfer. They allow applied research, including agronomic research; information collection; and dissemination, networking, training, organization of outreach activities. The model can be repeated in other sectors and countries.Originality/valueThe paper looks at a PPP in agriculture with educational institutions. Second, the Triple Helix and value chain literature is used to study the introduction and implementation of appropriate innovations, while factors determining the success of the partnership were identified. This concerns the first production of clean seed potatoes in Africa on a commercial scale.
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies publishes double-blind peer-reviewed research on issues relevant to agriculture and food value chain in emerging economies in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The journal welcomes original research, particularly empirical/applied, quantitative and qualitative work on topics pertaining to policies, processes, and practices in the agribusiness arena in emerging economies to inform researchers, practitioners and policy makers
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