Systemic problems affecting co-innovation in the New Zealand Agricultural Innovation System: Identification of blocking mechanisms and underlying institutional logics
Summary. This study identifies systemic barriers preventing co-innovation in New Zealand's agricultural sector, where farmers, researchers, and other actors should jointly drive technological and social change. The analysis reveals three main blocking mechanisms: competitive science operating in isolation, hands-off government innovation policy, and science-dominated approaches. These institutional barriers persist across many countries and prevent co-innovation principles from being adopted in agricultural policy. The paper argues that transformative policy instruments are needed to overcome these entrenched structures.
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Turner, J., Klerkx, L., Rijswijk, K., Williams, T. A., & Barnard, T.. (2015). Systemic problems affecting co-innovation in the New Zealand Agricultural Innovation System: Identification of blocking mechanisms and underlying institutional logics. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2015.12.001
Turner, James, et al. “Systemic problems affecting co-innovation in the New Zealand Agricultural Innovation System: Identification of blocking mechanisms and underlying institutional logics.” NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2015.12.001.
Turner, James, Laurens Klerkx, Kelly Rijswijk, Tracy Ann Williams, and Tim Barnard. 2015. “Systemic problems affecting co-innovation in the New Zealand Agricultural Innovation System: Identification of blocking mechanisms and underlying institutional logics.” NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2015.12.001.
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author = {James Turner and Laurens Klerkx and Kelly Rijswijk and Tracy Ann Williams and Tim Barnard},
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- DOI
- 10.1016/j.njas.2015.12.001
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Regions
- Oceania
- Categories
- regional-innovation-systems, agtech, policy
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- 2026-04-28