Towards a more effective innovation promotion : learning lessons from the Bio-N fertilizer experience; a policy brief
Abstract
Concerted efforts to reorient farmers’ perceptions about the positive effects of biofertilizers on productivity and income are needed, as farmers have typically been conditioned to the advantages of chemical input– intensive green revolution technology. Many farmers revealed that they did not know how to use Bio-N, and discarded the Bio-N packets given to them; they were not provided with information or training about the innovation. Policy recommendations are made in this brief towards harnessing BioN’s poverty alleviation, food security and climate change adaptation potentials, and helping create an enabling environment for better operation and collaboration between innovation system domain actors.
Description
This Policy Brief is based on the results of the study conducted by Dr. Linda M. Peñalba, Dr. Merlyne M. Paunlagui and Dr. Rowena dT. Baconguis of the College of Public Affairs, University of the Philippines Los Baños in 2010, entitled “Challenges and Recommendations to Harness the Poverty Alleviation Potentials of Bio-Nitrogen Fertilizer in the Philippines”, under the Enabling Bioinnovations for Poverty Alleviation project funded by the Asian Institute of Technology-Thailand and the International Development Research Centre.
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Keywords
BIOFERTILIZERS, INNOVATION, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PHILIPPINES, ORGANIC FERTILIZERS, INNOVATION ADOPTION, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, CORN, RICE, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, FERTILIZERS