1. Agricultural Innovation System for Horticulture and Viticulture: Georgia International Service for National Agricultural Research Tugrul Temel January 15, 2003

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

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

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

5. Agricultural Innovation System  An AIS comes into being through flow of:  Information  Knowledge  Skills  Resources

6. Solutions to the Problems Require  An effective flow of IKSR among organizations of the AIS for HV  An IEN to facilitate this flow between multiple organizations

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

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

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

10. Agricultural Innovation System An IEN facilitates the AIS It may be essential for AIS to develop An IEN may be a “public good” to support the AIS for HV in Georgia It may be initiated by the Research System and supported through Public- Private Partnership

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