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

Frans Hermans, Murat Sartas, Boudy van Schagen, Piet van Asten, Marc Schut · 2017 · PLoS ONE

Summary. Multi-stakeholder platforms in Burundi, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo show structural weaknesses that limit their innovation and scaling capacity. Social network analysis reveals that NGOs dominate while the private sector is underrepresented, connections between local and higher government levels are weak, and influential actors often remain disconnected. Organizations central to knowledge exchange attract collaboration, but innovation scaling occurs mainly within single organization types rather than across different sectors.

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  title   = {Social network analysis of multi-stakeholder platforms in agricultural research for development: Opportunities and constraints for innovation and scaling},
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  journal = {PLoS ONE},
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  doi     = {10.1371/journal.pone.0169634},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169634}
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DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0169634

Countries

Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Regions

Africa

Categories

innovation-networks, agtech, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28