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CAPACITY TO INNOVATEWhat does that mean??
Contact:
Dr. Peter Bezkorowajnyj, Project Manager, Fodder Innovation Project, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) c/o ICRISAT, Patancheru –502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Phone: +91 40 30713653, Fax: +91 40 3071 3074, E-mail: [email protected], Web: cgiar.org/ilri.
Dr. Dannie Romney, Enabling Innovations Acting Theme Leader, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709 Nairobi, Kenya.
Phone: +254 20 422 3000, Fax: +254 20 422 3001, E-mail: [email protected], Web: cgiar.org/ilri.
BUT
What happens if…
Department
Of Fisheries
Villag e
Council
I could go to the gov’t official for advice butI don’t know him very well – besides,
he doesn’t understand my situation.
I could go to my neighbor – he knows a traderwith whom I can discuss other possible markets.
Is there any other way to get that information?
I could ask for a loan to buy fingerlings andstart my own business, but there is no loan
available to buy the feed.
I could ask the village committee to invite the various gov’t departments for discussions
but the officials don’t talk to each other.
I could interact with the researcher who visitsbut he’s just interested in me growing mushrooms.
How do you go about it?
Where to go?
Who to talk with?
I could follow national market prices but how?
So, you can catch, store, sell fishin new ways or even forget fishing
and do something new- INNOVATION !
But…
Fix it if
materials are availablePurchase another if
capital is available
Learn new ways if
training is available
Technical problems are encountered…
Continue anyway if there are
ways of not getting caught
Protest if the
support is available
Become independent if
the expertise is available
or…
Policiesare changed…
Sell elsewhere if
alternative market is available
Trade locally if
other food items availableLearn ways to store if
knowledge is available
or…Market pricesfall…
Give a man a fish…
… you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish…
…you feed him for a lifetime?
He is the 5th farmer today to ask
about fish prices
- I should set up a service and charge
an annual fee for market prices
And…
Will this change how things are done?
If so - How? Why?
Instead of meeting in the village every week,
lets meet in town with the government officials
- that should link us directly with resourcesand make our job easier
I should start spending more time
In the villages to understand better
what the farmers are doing
- I do want to make a difference
as Director of the Department
I should introduce him to
the traders I meet with regularly
- maybe he will stop coming over
and bothering me all the time
We should raise the issue of loans forfish feed at the next board meeting
- the increase in potential customers
should impress head office
I should start working with
the Department of Fisheries on this
- probably get a research grant
So, using something old in new ways, or applying something new to successfully produce a positive social and economic outcome
is INNOVATION
This is embedded in a network of those interacting to produce, distribute and use the knowledge to do so
-an INNOVATION SYSTEM
Improving interactionsbetween the actors in the system
changes the habits and practices, facilitates learning,
contributes to knowledge and builds
“CAPACITY TO INNOVATE”
