Agricultural Innovation System for Cotton in Azerbaijan Tugrul Temel and Ajit Maru International Service for National Agricultural Research

Agricultural Innovation System A set of organizations interacting in areas concerning cotton policy, research & extension, credit, farming, input supply, marketing, and processing; To develop, distribute & apply new or improved technologies for cotton; and To influence the process of change in the cotton sector.

Set of Interacting Organizations Policy units [P] Cotton research & extension organizations [R] Agricultural banks [B] Cotton farmers, Farmers’ association [F] Input suppliers (seed/fertilizer/pest./equipment) [I] Cotton marketing firms [M] Cotton processing firms [Pr] Consultancy firms [C] External organizations (Int’l orgs, NGOs, donors) [X]

Agricultural Innovation System Organizations and Their Linkages P PM R B F FX I M Organizations in NARS Pr Additional organizations in the AIS C Linkages between any two organizations in the AIS X FX Linkage between Farmers and External organizations

Agricultural Innovation System: Cotton Supply Chain P PM R B F FX I M Pr C Linkages between any two organizations in the cotton supply chain X

Problems of Farm Production Inefficient information & extension system Farmers’ lack of knowledge & skills about new varieties, technologies, & input use Inefficient seed production system Low quality cotton production Lack of credit

Agricultural Innovation System: Linkages Relating to the Production Problems P PM R B F FX I M Pr Linkages to be strengthened to solve the production problems C X

Agricultural Innovation System An Agricultural Innovation System comes into being through flow of: Information Knowledge Skills Resources

Solutions to the Problems Require An effective flow of IKSR among organizations of the AIS for cotton An information exchange network to facilitate this flow between multiple organizations

Agricultural Innovation System: Information Flows within Research and Extension System P R B F I M Pr Organizations and information flows in NARS C Additional organizations in the AIS X Linkages between any two organizations in the AIS

Agricultural Innovation System Information and Knowledge Flows in an AIS are pluralistic

Agricultural Innovation System: Information Flows P R B F I M Pr Organizations and information flows in NARS C Additional organizations and new information flows in the AIS X Linkages between any two organizations in the AIS

Agricultural Innovation System: Information Flow through an Information Exchange Network P PM R B F FX I Information Exchange Network M Pr Organizations in NARS C Additional organizations in the AIS Linkages between any two organizations in the AIS X Information Flow in AIS through Information Exchange Network

Agricultural Innovation System An Information Exchange Network (IEN) facilitates an AIS It may be essential for AIS to develop An IEN may be a “public good” to support the AIS for Cotton in Azerbaijan It may be initiated by the Research System and supported through Public-Private Partnership

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