FAO has just released a policy brief about the methodology for assessing agricultural innovation systems (AIS) developed and pilot tested by FAO in the context of the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) and the TAP-AIS project. Using participatory, multi-stakeholder methods and tools, the assessment of a country’s AIS take stock of enabling and hindering factors in innovation processes, identifies gaps and challenges, and advices on ways to strengthen the AIS. An assessment provides evidence required for good decisions on policies, strategies and investments in the agriculture and food sector. Agriculture being a key sector, such results should be integrated into national STI roadmaps for SDGs.

The policy brief is available here: http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb4566en