The unpacking and repacking of agricultural innovation: Embrapa's translation roles and positions in the introduction of the pyramid model and hybrid pigs in Brazil.
The unpacking and repacking of agricultural innovation: Embrapa's translation roles and positions in the introduction of the pyramid model and hybrid pigs in Brazil.
Author(s): VILAS-BOAS, J.; KLERKX, L.; LIE, R.
Summary: Abstract: The notion of simply transfering agricultural innovation from suppliers to receivers as a strategy to improve agri-food systems globally has been strongly criticized and has raised debates in the field of agricultural technology development and innovation. Previous studies have shown that there is translational work to be done within agricultural innovation systems when technologies travel from one context to another, and they have also increasingly focused on how public research and technology institutions (PRTIs) participate in such efforts. However, previous literature has not sharpened such translation roles played by PRTIs into local innovation systems to interpret and adapt foreign agricultural technologies.
Publication year: 2024
Types of publication: Journal article
Unit: Embrapa Swine & Poultry
Keywords: Agricultural innovation systems, Brazilian pig production, Desempacotar-reembalar, Dimensionamento de inovações, Instituições públicas de pesquisa e tecnologia, Produção suína brasileira, Public research and technology institutions, Scaling of innovations, Technology transfer, Transferência de Tecnologia, Translation, Unpacking-repacking
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