Innovation Capacity in Agricultural Sector

Subject Areas : International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research

L. Morshedi ¹ , F. Lashgarara ²

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Received: 2012-01-31 Accepted : 2012-04-06 Published : 2011-12-01

Keywords: Innovation Capacity, Innovation System, Agricultural Innovation,

Abstract :

The changing context for agricultural development has highlighted a strong need to understand and adoptinnovation systems thinking. Science, technology and innovation policy has equated rural development toagricultural development. The main objective of this paper was to examine the role of innovation capacity inagricultural sector. With the growing diversification of rural livelihood options into nonfarm activities andwith the increasing interconnectedness of rural areas and activities to the global environment, a new ruraleconomy is emerging. This is bringing with greater pressures on farmers, companies and governments toinnovate in response to different situations. So ideas of what constitutes “research capacity” have evolved,along with approaches for investing in the capacity to innovate, there for this study was done. This paper isto review and to describe, innovation system and agricultural innovation.