title: Global assessment of technological innovation for climate change adaptation and mitigation in developing world.
abstract: Concerns about mitigating and adapting to climate change resulted in renewing the incentive for agricultural research investments and developing further innovation priorities around the world particularly in developing countries. In the near future, development of new agricultural measures and proper diffusion of technologies will greatly influence the ability of farmers in adaptation and mitigation to climate change. Using bibliometric approaches through output of academic journal publications and patent-based data, we assess the impact of research and development (R&D) for new and existing technologies within the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation. We show that many developing countries invest limited resources for R&D in relevant technologies that have great potential for mitigation and adaption in agricultural production. We also discuss constraints including weak infrastructure, limited research capacity, lack of credit facilities and technology transfer that may hinder the application of innovation in tackling the challenges of climate change. A range of policy measures is also suggested to overcome identified constraints and to ensure that potentials of innovation for climate change mitigation and adaptation are realized.
authors.affiliation: United Nations University-Institute for Advanced Studies of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Japan; Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK. Electronic address: ademola.adenle@bsg.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ademola A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Adenle
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Azadi
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Economics, Graduate School of Bio-resources and Bio-environmental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arbiol
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D048088:Informatics / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D062069:Inventions / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D059205:Renewable Energy / Q000191:economics
keywords: Agricultural technology; Bibliometric approach; Climatic variability; Management; Research and development; Sustainable development; Technology transfer