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Ex-Post Evaluation of the Impacts of the Science-Based Research and Innovation Program: A New Method Applied in the Case of Farmers’ Transition to Organic Production in the Camargue

Quiédeville, Sylvain; Barjolle, Dominique; Mouret, Jean-Claude and Stolze, Matthias (2016) Ex-Post Evaluation of the Impacts of the Science-Based Research and Innovation Program: A New Method Applied in the Case of Farmers’ Transition to Organic Production in the Camargue. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, 22, pp. 145-170.

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Summary

This paper aims to assess the contribution, role, and impacts of the Science-Based Research and Innovation Program (ISRIP) on farmers’ transition to organic production in the Camargue. Focusing on how, and to what extent, research actors have contributed to the innovation pathway, we applied a methods-mix. The Participatory Impact Pathway Analysis (PIPA) was used to uncover complex mechanisms along the innovation process; the Outcome Harvesting method to adapt PIPA to the requirements of an ex-post evaluation, and the Social Network Analysis (SNA) to emphasize actors’ relationships in relation to the development process. We demonstrate that the research has contributed to change by developing co-learning interactions with farmers, although this was not critical to the success of the innovation. Rather, we highlight that agricultural policies, economic factors, testing conducted independently by farmers, and the institutional framework, are the most important and influential factors.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:evaluation; Science-Based Research; program theory; innovation process; ex-post Participatory Impact Pathway Analysis; Camargue rice systems, Abacus, FiBL35104
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English
evaluation
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2736
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Subjects: Farming Systems
Knowledge management
Research affiliation: Switzerland > ETHZ - Agrarwissenschaften
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Society > Agri-food policy
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Knowledge exchange > Education & Training
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Society > Rural sociology
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Sustainability > Sustainability assessment
France > INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number:609448
DOI:10.3917/jie.022.0145
Deposited By: Quiédeville, Dr. Sylvain
ID Code:31135
Deposited On:24 Jan 2017 10:34
Last Modified:04 Jul 2023 11:15
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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