WATER & FOOD UNIVERSITY @) ieeecee Agricultural Innovation in the Volta (%) EMORY oe" Basin Background and Literature Taking into account the prior work on Agricultural Innovation Systems, we define innovation as: any adoption of technologies (e.g. techniques and/or products of project interventions) that have led to changes in villagers’ knowledge, skills and practices. Project Site and Study Population + Upper East region: 10 participants, 9 nonparticipants + Upper West region: 20 participants, 5 nonparticipants + Total of 44 semi-structured qualitative surveys, with a roughly equal division of gender and age Research Questions 1, What changes in knowledge, skills and practices do project partici- pants and their neighbors report as a result of participating in the Volta Basin Development Challenge? 2.Can we typify or characterize an “innovator” based on farmers’ adoptions and/or adaptations of new technologies? ‘Authors Kalie Lasiter and Anna Tarrant, under the supervision of Dr. Karen Greenough Development Challenge Results of Data Analysis Determinants of Adoption of V2 and V3 Technologies (1) Participation in projects (2) Access to inputs (3) Access to information (4) Ability to sell resulting products (5) Ability to mitigate risk — Seow tan serenascngsnaeee Stow bof csletrotrrimeek” Geow inten crore New Practices in V2 Communities New Practices in V3 1 Thao souing mae n ines ang arope thane seed pte Communities { caostg one sore case) 1 wae for nrg men rons icordng coenatsee se bung 2 Unt Shconiee eantn {og th rst waren othe ees grup ar mentine i)