What are innovation platforms? Innovation platforms practice brief 1

Abstract

Innovation platforms are widely used in agricultural research to connect different stakeholders to achieve common goals. This is one of 12 ‘practice briefs’ to help guide agricultural research practitioners who seek to support and implement innovation platforms. A contribution to the CGIAR Humidtropics research program, the development of the briefs was led by the International Livestock Research Institute; they draw on experiences of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, several CGIAR centres and partner organizations