@article{fdi:010079589,
  title = {{R}esearch and development challenges in scaling innovation : a case study of the {LEAP}-{A}gri {RAMSES} {II} project},
  author = {{S}eghieri, {J}osiane and {B}rouwers, {J}. and {B}idou, {J}. {E}. and {I}ngram, {V}. and {D}roy, {I}sabelle and {B}astide, {B}. and {S}anogo, {D}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} widely held assumption is that intensifying agroforestry will lead to sustainable increases in production, societal resilience and food security, urgently needed in the current context of changes in markets, climate and demography. {C}urrent thinking assumes that to achieve sustainable innovation a participatory approach with public, civil and private stakeholders is necessary, combined with a systemic, trans-disciplinary approach, rather than a technical approach. {T}his study presents a case of applying the {T}heory of {C}hange ({T}o{C}) concept to test this assumption. {T}he {T}o{C} was designed to articulate the process of scaling of action-research findings, and to adapt the research to the context of complex agroforestry systems at plot, household, farm, village and landscape levels. {T}his allowed to develop an intervention logic that unpacks what sustainability means for farmers and other local stakeholders in four {W}est {A}frican agroforestry systems. {T}he conceptual approach created an awareness of potential impacts of scaling initiatives based on a {T}o{C} with pathways to impact combined with monitoring the effects of the research & development project on a variety of ecological, agronomic and economic performance indicators. {A} number of constraints and paradoxes that are linked to current research and development short term funding are also discussed.},
  keywords = {{A}gro-ecology ; {G}lobal changes ; {I}mpact pathway ; {R}esearch & {D}evelopment ; {T}heory of {C}hange ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {SENEGAL} ; {BURKINA} {FASO} ; {ZONE} {SOUDANOSAHELIENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}groforestry {S}ystems},
  volume = {95},
  numero = {7 ({N}o sp{\'e}cial)},
  pages = {1371--1382},
  ISSN = {0167-4366},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10457-020-00532-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079589},
}