Consulta: creatorFacets:"Acosta,   Anne Starks"
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The Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program: An experiment in mainstreaming institutional learning and change
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Acosta,   Anne Starks; Jones,   Monty; von Kaufmann,   Ralph.
The Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program (SSA CP) shows how the principles of institutional learning and change (ILAC) can be applied. This Brief outlines the basic components of the SSA CP and highlights various ILAC features of the Program. These include an innovation systems orientation; an approach to ‘thinking globally and acting locally’; the location of research within a broader context of policy, market and institutional change; and an emphasis on collaboration and learning among program participants and with other agencies involved in agricultural research and development in Africa.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: SSA; Innovation; Systems; Challenge program; CGIAR; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52518

Appreciative Inquiry: An approach for learning and change based on our own best practices
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Acosta,   Anne Starks; Douthwaite,   Boru.
Since it was conceptualized in the late 1980s as a research methodology and change paradigm, the technique of ‘appreciative inquiry’ (AI) has proved to be highly effective for capturing the positive features of an organization or social system and energizing the members to strive for higher levels of performance. This Brief outlines the basic principles and methods of AI, describes various domains in which it has been undertaken and provides a recent example of its use in a centre affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Research; Methodology; Inquiry; Social systems; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52516