@article{Murray-Prior:303783,
      recid = {303783},
      author = {Murray-Prior, Roy B. },
      title = {New Agricultural Innovation Systems and Smallholder  Participation in Modern Farm Product Markets},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development},
      address = {2020-06-01},
      number = {1362-2020-1099},
      month = {Jun},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {Smallholder farmers will continue to play a critical role  in meeting the growing demand for food and non-food farm  products in the next 30 years. Challenges in meeting this  demand include climate change; deficiencies in enabling  environments, resources, and capacities; and inappropriate  institutional models of RD&E and development. Smallholders  must improve productivity, volume, quality, and consistency  of supply, but their downstream customers must also be  competitive. Most smallholder supply chains lack the  capacity for this. Therefore, new, vibrant agricultural  innovation systems, or AIS, and improved enabling  environments are vital. This paper outlines a  transdisciplinary framework for investigating and  facilitating these changes. It is based on the literature,  projects, and experiences working in a range of developed  and developing countries. A dualistic agribusiness systems  model can help identify the complexity of problems, and the  constraints to improving the productivity of smallholders  and their value chains. It combines participatory and  pluralistic action research and action learning processes  to provide relevant solutions to improving the  competitiveness of these chains. Key extension functions of  rural advisory services to accelerate scaling out are  integrated and discussed. The focus is at the program  level, but it could be scaled to the macro level.  Nevertheless, incorporating such approaches requires  changes in philosophy, practice, and commitment of those  involved in developing the agribusiness sector.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/303783},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.303783},
}