Field testing a conceptual framework for innovation platform impact assessment: The case of MilkIT dairy platforms in Tanga region, Tanzania

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Bonnen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestock and Fishen_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJean-Joseph Cadilhon: 0000-0002-3181-5136en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00128325.2015.1041257en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0012-8325en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalEast African Agricultural and Forestry Journalen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ciatLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriVALUE CHAINSen_US
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen_US
cg.volume81en_US
dc.contributor.authorPham Ngoc Diepen_US
dc.contributor.authorCadilhon, Joseph J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMaass, Brigitte L.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-09T16:30:31Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-09-09T16:30:31Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/68103en_US
dc.titleField testing a conceptual framework for innovation platform impact assessment: The case of MilkIT dairy platforms in Tanga region, Tanzaniaen_US
dcterms.abstractThis article studies the impact of innovation platforms in Tanga Region, Tanzania, set up by the MilkIT dairy development project to intensify smallholder production through feed enhancement and value chain approaches. The conceptual framework used builds up from three socio-economic theories. The Structure-Conduct-Performance model of markets contributes its elegant assumption, linking the way markets are organized with how market actors behave, which has an influence on market performance. The framework is transposed to study innovation platforms, which can be envisaged as market-enhancing institutions, according to New Institutional Economics, the second theory also contributing notions of transaction costs to the framework. The final theoretical contribution comes from business relationship marketing with its field-tested constructs for supply chain performance. This new conceptual framework applied to innovation platforms posits that the structure of the platform (how it is organized) has an impact on its members’ conduct (how they communicate and share information), which in turn influences platform performance targeted by members (feed availability and accessibility). Empirical data were collected from stakeholders involved in the MilkIT platforms through focus group discussions, key informant interviews and a survey of 121 farmers. Data were analysed using principal components factor analysis followed by regression analysis. This study finds positive links between frequency, quality and modes of communication by livestock keepers with their perception of satisfactory feed availability and accessibility. On the other hand, results for members and non-members of the platform are not statistically significantly different, probably due to the very early stage of platform development.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2015-09-04en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPham, Ngoc Diep; Cadilhon, J.J. and Maass, B.L. 2015. Field testing a conceptual framework for innovation platform impact assessment: The case of MilkIT dairy platforms in Tanga region, Tanzania. East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 81(1):58–63.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 58-63en_US
dcterms.issued2015-01-02en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden_US
dcterms.subjectfeedsen_US
dcterms.subjectlivestocken_US
dcterms.subjecteconomic valueen_US
dcterms.subjectinnovation adoptionen_US
dcterms.subjectcommunicationen_US
dcterms.subjectcomunicaciónen_US
dcterms.subjectpiensosen_US
dcterms.subjectganadoen_US
dcterms.subjectvalor económicoen_US
dcterms.subjectadopción de innovacionesen_US
dcterms.subjectunited republic of tanzaniaen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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