Beyond agricultural innovation systems? Exploring an agricultural innovation ecosystems approach for niche design and development in sustainability transitions

Ashlee-Ann E. Pigford, Gordon M. Hickey, Laurens Klerkx · 2018 · Agricultural Systems

Summary. This paper argues that agricultural innovation systems need to adopt an ecosystems approach to better support sustainability transitions. The authors show that innovation ecosystems thinking enhances traditional approaches by emphasizing power dynamics, including diverse actors and ecological factors, and enabling cross-sector collaboration. This framework enables design of transboundary innovation niches that support sustainable agriculture across multiple scales and paradigms.

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  title   = {Beyond agricultural innovation systems? Exploring an agricultural innovation ecosystems approach for niche design and development in sustainability transitions},
  author  = {Ashlee-Ann E. Pigford and Gordon M. Hickey and Laurens Klerkx},
  journal = {Agricultural Systems},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.agsy.2018.04.007},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.04.007}
}

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DOI

10.1016/j.agsy.2018.04.007

Countries

Canada, Netherlands

Regions

North America, Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, climate-and-environment

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2026-04-28