Innovation intermediation in a digital age: Comparing public and private new-ICT platforms for agricultural extension in Ghana
Summary. Two new-ICT platforms for agricultural extension in Ghana—one public, one private—were compared to assess their innovation-intermediation roles. While both platforms aimed to support demand articulation and matching, their effectiveness was limited by social, organizational, and institutional factors rather than technical capacity. Informal farmer-led initiatives using WhatsApp and Telegram proved more successful at transforming interaction patterns and achieving collective goals than formally designed platforms.
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Munthali, N., Leeuwis, C., Paassen, A. V., Lie, R., Asare, R., Lammeren, R. V., & Schut, M.. (2018). Innovation intermediation in a digital age: Comparing public and private new-ICT platforms for agricultural extension in Ghana. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2018.05.001
Munthali, Nyamwaya, et al. “Innovation intermediation in a digital age: Comparing public and private new-ICT platforms for agricultural extension in Ghana.” NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2018.05.001.
Munthali, Nyamwaya, Cees Leeuwis, Annemarie van Paassen, Rico Lie, Richard Asare, R.J.A. van Lammeren, and Marc Schut. 2018. “Innovation intermediation in a digital age: Comparing public and private new-ICT platforms for agricultural extension in Ghana.” NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2018.05.001.
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title = {Innovation intermediation in a digital age: Comparing public and private new-ICT platforms for agricultural extension in Ghana},
author = {Nyamwaya Munthali and Cees Leeuwis and Annemarie van Paassen and Rico Lie and Richard Asare and R.J.A. van Lammeren and Marc Schut},
journal = {NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences},
year = {2018},
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TY - JOUR TI - Innovation intermediation in a digital age: Comparing public and private new-ICT platforms for agricultural extension in Ghana AU - Nyamwaya Munthali AU - Cees Leeuwis AU - Annemarie van Paassen AU - Rico Lie AU - Richard Asare AU - R.J.A. van Lammeren AU - Marc Schut JO - NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.njas.2018.05.001 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2018.05.001 ER -
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- 10.1016/j.njas.2018.05.001
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- Ghana
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- Africa
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- agtech, broadband-and-digital, innovation-networks
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- 2026-04-28