INNOVATION PLATFORMS: EXPERIENCES WITH THEIR INSTITUTIONAL EMBEDDING IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT By MARC SCHUT†‡§,
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By MARC SCHUT†‡§, LAURENS KLERKX‡, MURAT SARTAS†‡¶, DIEUWKE LAMERS†, MARIETTE MC CAMPBELL††, IFEYINWA OGBONNA††, PAWANDEEP KAUSHIK††, KWESI ATTA-KRAH‡‡ and CEES LEEUWIS‡ †International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Quartier Kabondo, Rohero 1, Avenue 18 Septembre 10, Bujumbura, Burundi, ‡Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8130, 6700 EW, Wageningen, the Netherlands, ¶Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Rural development and natural resource management, Ulls väg 28 A, 756 51 Uppsala, Sweden, ††MSc Students Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8130, 6700 EW Wageningen, the Netherlands and ‡‡International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan 200001, Oyo State, Nigeria
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