Innovations in plant health services in Nicaragua: from grassroots experiment to a systems approach

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskriftTidsskriftartikelfagfællebedømt

  • Solveig Danielsen
  • Julio Centeno
  • Julio López
  • Lilliam Lezama
  • Gregorio Varela
  • Patricia Castillo
  • Cony Narváez
  • Ivania Zeledón
  • Francisco Pavón
  • Eric Boa
Establishing a few community-based plant clinics in Nicaragua led to a series of innovations in plant health service delivery. A grassroots experiment became a nationwide initiative involving local service providers, universities, research institutions and diagnostic laboratories. This led to the creation of a ‘National Plant Health System’ offering regular advice to farmers. The innovations were driven by a momentum for change, committed individuals, joint learning and flexibility in programme management. External facilitation encouraged experimentation and bolstered growth of new alliances. The development of the
national plant health system was constrained by existing work cultures that limit the scope of individual and institutional innovations.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of International Development
Vol/bind25
Udgave nummer7
Sider (fra-til)968-986
Antal sider19
ISSN0954-1748
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2013

    Forskningsområder

  • Det tidligere LIFE - plant clinics, plnt health system, innovation, organisational structure, integrated pest management, Nicaragua

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