Technical creativity needs nurturing at the grassroots
Efforts to promote sustainable development must tap into technologies developed locally, driven by community needs and priorities.
Putting science
at the heart of development
Innovators in developing countries are finding ingenious solutions to local problems. Our Spotlight explores how they can be helped to realise their potential, make an impact on a large scale and put countries on a path to sustainability.
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Features
Supporting grassroots innovation: Facts and Figures
Adrian Smith and colleagues explore grassroots innovations, their potential for development and challenges facing practitioners.
2 May 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
How innovation is flourishing at the grassroots
SciDev.Net reporters across the developing world describe exciting initiatives aimed at supporting innovation in local communities and remote areas.
2 May 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Opinions
Successful innovation depends on engaging the grassroots
Technological innovation can't be imposed on poor people — they must be engaged to select ideas that suit their lives, writes Lawrence Gudza.
2 May 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Put grassroots innovation on the agenda
Current models of innovation ignore small-scale technology — institutions must ensure it's a key part of the agenda, says Tony Marjoram.
2 May 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
How to protect the inventions of the poor
New models of intellectual property rights are needed to protect — and promote — local knowledge and innovations, says Anil Gupta.
2 May 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
News
India's shift to inclusive innovation is 'a model to follow'
3 January 2013
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Use innovation to ease inequality in poorer nations, says OECD
21 December 2012
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COMESA launches innovation fund to boost economic growth
20 December 2012
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East African cassava research gets major funding boost
18 December 2012
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'Indian science must serve inclusive development'
4 January 2012
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Pacific islands to map coastal hazards
18 September 2011
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Indonesia taps into alumni network to help villagers
22 June 2011
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Costa Rica to boost innovation
22 February 2011
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Bolivia to create a new structure for innovation
29 March 2007
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Nigerian monarchs launch local language initiative
26 March 2007
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