title: Linking international agricultural research knowledge with action for sustainable development.
abstract: We applied an innovation framework to sustainable livestock development research projects in Africa and Asia. The focus of these projects ranged from pastoral systems to poverty and ecosystems services mapping to market access by the poor to fodder and natural resource management to livestock parasite drug resistance. We found that these projects closed gaps between knowledge and action by combining different kinds of knowledge, learning, and boundary spanning approaches; by providing all partners with the same opportunities; and by building the capacity of all partners to innovate and communicate.
authors.affiliation: International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya. p.kristjanson@cgiar.org
authors.forename: Patti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kristjanson
authors.forename: Robin S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Dannie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Romney
authors.forename: Ranjitha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Puskur
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macmillan
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grace
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000383:Agriculture / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D001208:Asia; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D007391:International Cooperation; D019359:Knowledge; D011203:Poverty; D012106:Research