title: Convergent innovation for affordable nutrition, health, and health care: the global pulse roadmap.
abstract: The paper outlines how the principles of convergent innovation (CI) can be applied to bring about a transformation in the pulse value chain. The paper presents three pioneering CI initiatives--two in conception and one in operation--by various actors in the pulse ecosystem, which are delivering economic and human development impact in particular segments of the pulse value chain. It goes on to propose the way forward to scale up these efforts and connect them into a roadmap so as to achieve transformation throughout society, calling into action a number of actors in the ecosystem.
authors.affiliation: McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.|International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Srivardhini K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.affiliation: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.affiliation: Pulse Canada, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bacon
authors.affiliation: McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lannon
authors.affiliation: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.affiliation: McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.|Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Laurette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dubé
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D000465:Algorithms; D003132:Commerce; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017753:Ecosystem; D006076:Government; D006262:Health; D007194:India; D018803:Models, Economic; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009938:Organizations
keywords: agriculture; convergent innovation; health; pulse value chain; value chain transformation