Transdisciplinary innovation research in Uzbekistan – one year of ‘Follow-the-Innovation’
Publication date
2011-08-01Keywords
AgricultureDevelopment methods
Technology
Collective enterprise
Development in Practice Journal
DiP
Country
Uzbekistan
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Development in PracticeDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
In 2008, a German-funded interdisciplinary research project in Khorezm province, Uzbekistan, initiated a participatory approach to innovation development and diffusion with local stakeholders. Selected agricultural innovations, developed by the project and identified as ‘plausible promises’, have since then been tested and modified accordingly by teams of researchers, local farmers and water users. This paper discusses the challenges faced in this process of joint experimentation and learning between researchers and local stakeholders whose behaviours, attitudes and actions are heavily shaped by the local context, academic discipline and hierarchical culture of knowledge governance.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>Pages
13ISSN
0961-4524EISSN
1364-9213ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/09614524.2011.582085