Using evaluation to enhance institutional learning and change: recent experiences with agricultural research and development

By D. Horton, R. Mackay. 2003

118 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Abstract National agricultural research organizations as well as centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) are under strong pressure to enhance their contributions to poverty alleviation, food security and protection of the environment and to demonstrate the results of their work. The dynamic world environment demands continuous changes in the ways in which research organizations operate and relate to other actors in agricultural innovation systems. To date, agricultural research evaluation has been dominated by economic impact assessment frameworks and methods. Designed as research studies, impact assessments have often served accountability and public awareness purposes. However, they have been of less use to further the understanding of how policies, programs and technologies may or may not contribute to agricultural innovation. There is an increasing awareness that appropriately designed and executed evaluations—going beyond traditional economic impact assessment—can contribute substantially to institutional learning and performance improvement. This article outlines the links between evaluation, learning and institutional change, and in doing so briefly summarizes the papers in this special issue of Agricultural Systems.

Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Management Science and Operations Research

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In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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2. M. Schut
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In Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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2. M. Schut
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Citations in the corpus

• Systems approaches to innovation in crop protection. A systematic literature review (2014, background): “…between social, cultural, biophysical, technological, economic, institutional and political dimensions which are rapidly changing and unpredictable (Brooks and Loevinsohn, 2011; Chave et al., 2012; Echeverria, 1998; Horton and Mackay, 2003; Kim et al., 2012; Leitgeb et al., 2011; Tyagi, 2012).”
• INNOVATION PLATFORMS: EXPERIENCES WITH THEIR INSTITUTIONAL EMBEDDING IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT (2015, background): “…of fostering innovation using participatory and collaborative approaches has been object of reform and study over time (e.g. Clark et al., 2011; De Janvry and Kassam, 2004; Hall et al., 2003; Hellin et al., 2008; Horton, 1998; Horton and Mackay, 2003; Santamaría Guerra, 2003; Watts et al., 2008).”
• Responding to global change: A theory of change approach to making agricultural research for development outcome-based (2017, background): “Several authors highlight the importance of building capacity for institutional learning (Hall et al., 2003; Horton and Mackay, 2003; Eade, 1997; Springer-Heinze et al., 2003).”
• Adaptive management in agricultural innovation systems: The interactions between innovation networks and their environment (2010, unknown): “, 2009), by applying monitoring and evaluation methods which are aimed at learning (Horton and Mackay, 2003; Thiele et al., 2007).”