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Enabling bioinnovation for poverty allevation in Asia.

Technological and institutional innovations: a case study of pomegranate production and marketing

By Rajeswari S Raina
Abstract
Over the last decade important innovations have taken place in pomegranate production and
marketing in Maharashtra, India, and these developments have been associated with a wide network
of actors. This paper presents a case study of this ‘innovation network’. Starting with a short
overview of accounts of innovation in relation to rural resource-poor communities, the paper explores
some of the causal relationships that brought about innovations in pomegranate production and
marketing. It looks at technological innovations in the production and marketing of the fruit, and
associated institutional innovations – ie, the changes in the way these causal relationships evolve and
work, together with changes in the roles of actors/organizations. The central lesson is that this cluster
of actors and their mutual dependencies enable continuous innovation in pomegranate production
and marketing. In conclusion, the paper translates some of these empirical insights into a possible
framework for action by actors in public agricultural research and extension organizations.

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