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    Social network analysis of multi-stakeholder platforms in agricultural research for development: opportunities and constraints for innovation and scaling

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    Hermans, Frans
    Sartas, Murat
    Schagen, B. van
    Asten, Piet J.A. van
    Schut, Marc
    Date
    2017-02
    Language
    en
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review status
    Peer Review
    Accessibility
    Open Access
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    Hermans, F., Sartas, M., van Schagen, B., van Asten, P. & Schut, M. (2017). Social network analysis of multi-stakeholder platforms in agricultural research for development: opportunities and constraints for innovation and scaling. PloS ONE, 12(2), 1-21.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/79894
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169634
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    Multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) are seen as a promising vehicle to achieve agricultural development impacts. By increasing collaboration, exchange of knowledge and influence mediation among farmers, researchers and other stakeholders, MSPs supposedly enhance their ‘capacity to innovate’ and contribute to the ‘scaling of innovations’. The objective of this paper is to explore the capacity to innovate and scaling potential of three MSPs in Burundi, Rwanda and the South Kivu province located in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In order to do this, we apply Social Network Analysis and Exponential Random Graph Modelling (ERGM) to investigate the structural properties of the collaborative, knowledge exchange and influence networks of these MSPs and compared them against value propositions derived from the innovation network literature. Results demonstrate a number of mismatches between collaboration, knowledge exchange and influence networks for effective innovation and scaling processes in all three countries: NGOs and private sector are respectively over- and under-represented in the MSP networks. Linkages between local and higher levels are weak, and influential organisations (e.g., high-level government actors) are often not part of the MSP or are not actively linked to by other organisations. Organisations with a central position in the knowledge network are more sought out for collaboration. The scaling of innovations is primarily between the same type of organisations across different administrative levels, but not between different types of organisations. The results illustrate the potential of Social Network Analysis and ERGMs to identify the strengths and limitations of MSPs in terms of achieving development impacts.
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    Open Access Journal
    CGIAR Affiliations
    Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
    AGROVOC Keywords
    AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PLATFORMS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEM; COLLABORATION
    Subjects
    IMPACT ASSESSMENT
    Countries
    BURUNDI; CONGO, DR; RWANDA
    Regions
    CENTRAL AFRICA
    Investors/sponsors
    Belgian Development Agency
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