Institutional Learning and Change Initiative

In order to increase the contributions of agricultural research to sustainable poverty reduction, the ILAC Initiative works in four areas.

Areas of Work:

• ILAC Learning Laboratory: Identifying, supporting, drawing and recording lessons from promising collaborative pro-poor agricultural innovation programmes
• Capacity Development: Developing the capacity of collaborative programmes and their staff to encourage pro-poor agricultural innovation
• Building Leadership & Support: Fostering visionary leadership and organizations so that they become more supportive of pro-poor agricultural innovation
• Knowledge sharing: Facilitating knowledge sharing within the emerging community of rural innovation professionals

Expected Outcomes:

• More effective collaborative programmes for pro-poor innovation
• Better awareness of the contributions / impacts of innovation systems approaches and how to effectively implement these programmes
• Stronger leadership and more supportive policy environments for pro-poor innovation
• A vibrant international community of agricultural innovation professionals