Agricultural Innovation Systemfor Horticulture and Viticulture:

Georgia

International Service for National Agricultural Research

Tugrul Temel

January 15, 2003

Agricultural Innovation System (AIS)

A set of organizations interacting in areas concerning HV policy, research & extension, credit, farming, input supply, marketing, and processing;To develop, distribute & apply new or

improved technologies for HV; andTo influence the process of change in the

HV sector.

Set of Interacting Organizations

Policy units [P] HV research & extension organizations [R] Agricultural banks [B] HV farmers, Farmers’ association [F] Input suppliers (seed/fertilizer/pest./equipment) [I] HV marketing firms [M] HV processing firms [Pr] Consultancy firms [C] External organizations (Int’l orgs, NGOs, donors) [X]

Agricultural Innovation SystemOrganizations and Their Linkages

PR

B

FI

M

Pr

C

XLinkages between any two organizations in the AIS

FX Linkage between Farmers and External organizations

Additional organizations in the AIS

Organizations in NARS

FX

PM

Agricultural Innovation System

An AIS comes into being through flow of: Information Knowledge Skills Resources

Solutions to the Problems Require

An effective flow of IKSR among organizations of the AIS for HV

An IEN to facilitate this flow between multiple organizations

Agricultural Innovation System:Information Flows within Research and Extension System

PR

B

FI

M

Pr

C

XLinkages between any two organizations in the AIS

Additional organizations in the AIS

Organizations and information flows in NARS

Agricultural Innovation System

Information and Knowledge Flows in an AIS are pluralistic

Agricultural Innovation System:Information Flow through an Information Exchange Network

PR

B

FI

M

Pr

C

X

FX

PM

InformationExchangeNetwork

Linkages between any two organizations in the AIS

Additional organizations in the AIS

Organizations in NARS

Information Flow in AIS through Information Exchange Network

Agricultural Innovation System

• An IEN facilitates the AIS • It may be essential for AIS to develop• An IEN may be a “public good” to

support the AIS for HV in Georgia• It may be initiated by the Research

System and supported through Public-Private Partnership

Thank You