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INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEMS Guy Faure (coordination éditoriale), Yuna Chiffoleau (coordination éditoriale), Frédéric Goulet (coordination éditoriale), Ludovic Temple (coordination éditoriale), Jean-Marc Touzard (coordination éditoriale) Innovation is often presented as one of the main catalysts for more sustainable and inclusive development. In the agricultural and food sectors, innovation is characterized not only by specificities arising from its relationship to nature, but also from the wide diversity of its stakeholders , ranging from farmers to consumers, and including intermediaries such as the research community and advisory services.  Innovation emerges from interactions between these actors , who mobilize resources and produce knowledge in collaborative mechanisms in orderto generate changes. It encompasses domains as varied as production practices, market organization, and eating habits. Innovation is closely tied to major development c...

31 October 2018 . Brussels. Launch of the EU Policy brief: Programming Research and Innovation for Improved Impact. Multi-actor research with ex-ante assessment, which is beginning to be applied in EU programmes, can foster development impact when conducted within a right enabling environment. This was concluded by the SCAR Strategic European Working Groups ARCH , AKIS and  SCAR Food Systems on October 31, 2018 at a joint launch of the Policy Brief in Brussels. The Policy Brief “Programming Research and Innovation for improved impact ” was written based on discussions and conclusions from a jointly held workshop in Rome on 6thApril 2018 and was presented to the meeting participants. The Policy Brief was launched with the main aim to identify a way forward which will allow better use of the Brief by the EC and also Member States in terms of research agendas and policy issues. DG RTD sees it as its role to show what involvement of farmers, business etc. means. Facilitating imp...