The theme for this presentation is the existence of and the increasing need for a diverse and expanding repertoire of ways of organising innovation in order to cope with the complex and fast-changing agricultural scenario. Accordingly, the challenge is not just to recognise this, but also how to enable the creation of this innovation diversity and how to reposition agricultural research within this rapidly changing landscape.

1. Agricultural Innovation Systems: The Strengthening of Diversity Andy Hall LINK-United Nations University-MERIT Learning INnovation Knowledge Policy-relevant Resources for Rural Innovation

7. FOOD INDUSTRIES Advanced materials for ponds & enclosures Complex design knowledge Monitoring through computer imaging & pattern recognition techniques Pharmaceutical, nutritional inputs for health & feeding systems Biotechnology for environmental sustainability Bacteriology, microbiology, new freezing technologies, for storage & packaging FISH FARMING

13. Only public sector R&D led innovation Strong nodes, well linked around market and social welfare themes in national arena Only private/ NGO led innovation Strong nodes, well linked around market and social welfare themes in regional and global arena LINKS N O D E S INSTITUTIONS & POLICIES Learning INnovation Knowledge Policy-relevant Resources for Rural Innovation

16. LINK is a specialist network of regional innovation policy studies hubs established by the United Nations University-MERIT (UNU-MERIT) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to strengthen the interface between rural innovation studies, policy and practice and to promote North-South and South-South learning on rural innovation. Learning INnovation Knowledge Policy-relevant Resources for Rural Innovation